{"id":15081,"date":"2016-05-18T06:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T06:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=15081"},"modified":"2016-05-18T06:59:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T06:59:04","slug":"pope-francis-rebukes-europe-migrants-are-not-criminals-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/05\/18\/pope-francis-rebukes-europe-migrants-are-not-criminals-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis rebukes Europe &#8211; \u201dMigrants are not criminals\u201d &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pope Francis rebukes Europe &#8211; \u201dMigrants are not criminals\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis \u00a0\u00a0urged top EU leaders &#8211;\u00a0 including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and the presidents of the European Parliament, Commission and Council &#8211; not to see migrants as criminals. Francis lamented that Europe had grown \u201cweary, yet still rich in energies and possibilities\u201d and said it was \u201cincreasingly entrenched, rather than open to initiating new social processes capable of engaging all individuals and groups in the search for new and productive\u00a0solutions to current problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat has happened to you, the Europe of humanism, the champion of human rights, democracy and freedom? What has happened to you, Europe, the home of poets, philosophers, artists, musicians, and men and women of letters?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat has happened to you, Europe, the mother of peoples and nations, the mother of great men and women who upheld, and even sacrificed their lives for, the dignity of their brothers and sisters?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis stated that the desire for European unity \u201cseems to be fading\u201d and that \u201cthose who consider putting up fences\u201d were betraying the dream of the founders of a modern Europe. \u201cI dream of a Europe that cares for children, that offers fraternal help to the poor and those newcomers seeking acceptance because they have lost everything and need shelter \u2026 I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Popes comments were made at a ceremony in the Vatican to award him the Charlemagne Prize \u2013 an annual award by the German city of Aachen to those who have contributed most to the ideals of post-war Europe. In reply to the Pope, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker observed \u201cWhen you take in 12 refugees \u2014 in proportion to the population of the Vatican, that is more than any EU member state \u2014 you fill our hearts with new courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>European Parliament President Martin Schulz said the migrant crisis represented \u201ca defining challenge for Europe\u201d which was still wrestling with a prolonged debt crisis and struggling to absorb a vast unprecedented influx of migrants and refugees.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis rebukes Europe &#8211; \u201dMigrants are not criminals\u201d &nbsp; Pope Francis \u00a0\u00a0urged top EU leaders &#8211;\u00a0 including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and the presidents of the European Parliament, Commission and Council &#8211; not to see migrants as criminals. 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