Social justice-promoting Pope Francis emphasized the “marginalization” of migrants in his Christmas message from Saint Peter’s Square on Wednesday, declaring that migration stems from “injustice” and is impeded by “walls of indifference.”
“It is injustice that makes [migrants] cross deserts and seas that become cemeteries,” Francis preached “It is injustice that forces them to ensure unspeakable forms of abuse, enslavement of every kind and torture in inhumane detention camps. It is injustice that turns them away from places where they might have hope for a dignified life, but instead find themselves before walls of indifference…
He closed by praying that God will “draw close… to migrants and the marginalized.”
Advocating for the poor and downtrodden is understandably part of the Pope’s job description, but legitimate concerns about the unsustainable economic impact and national security threats of mass migration to the West are not the same as “walls of indifference.”