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Pope Francis receives notes as he visits with refugees at the government-run Reception and Identification Center in Mytilene, Greece, Dec. 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Attack causes of migration, not those forced to flee, pope says on Lesbos

Cindy Wooden|Dec 5, 2021|4 Min Read

People look over destroyed shelters following a fire at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos Sept. 9, 2020. The camp, which was mostly destroyed, was home to at least 12,000 people, six times its maximum capacity of just over 2,000 asylum-seekers. (CNS photo/Alkis Konstantinidis, Reuters)

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Cardinal calls for resettlement of asylum-seekers from Greek island

Cindy Wooden|Sep 9, 2020|3 Min Read

Migrants are pictured in late March on the island of Lesbos, Greece, as they wait to board a Greek navy ship. Refugees fleeing through Turkey often take small boats to Lesbos, just a few miles from the Turkish coast; under EU law, the member state refugees first enter is responsible for processing their asylum claims, so from Lesbos they head on to cities in Greece. (CNS photo/Costas Baltas, Reuters)

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Archbishop says church needs more aid to help refugees arriving in Greece

Jonathan Luxmoore|Aug 19, 2020|2 Min Read

Refugees are welcomed to Rome by Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio. (Courtney Mares/CNA)

Catholic community welcomes its first refugees to Rome after lockdown

Courtney Mares|Jul 16, 2020|3 Min Read

Andreas Gougoulis, the Greek government's secretary-general for reception, gestures as Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner, enters a tent in the informal Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos May 8, 2019. (CNS Photo/Vatican Media) See KRAJEWSKI-LESBOS-REFUGEES May 9, 2019.

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Pope sends cardinal to Lesbos as refugees continue to arrive

Cindy Wooden|May 9, 2019|3 Min Read

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