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"May the Son of God, come down to earth from heaven, protect and sustain all those who, due to these and other injustices, are forced to emigrate..." - Pope’s ‘Urbi et Orbi’ Blessing - December 2019

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#Nativityscene Dear Pope Fancis, Dear Friend and Brother:  I feel, that I need to revisit this issue of immigration that you addressed in your recent "Urbi et Orbi", and to try also to understand it anew, if it is possible. You said:  "May the Son of God, come down to earth from heaven, protect and sustain all those who, due to these and other injustices, are forced to emigrate in the hope of a secure life. It is injustice that makes them cross deserts and seas that become cemeteries. 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." Pope’s ‘Urbi et Orbi’ Blessing (Full Text)   Without any doubt, the mistreatment of the migrants and immigrants, who are most vulnerable to all kinds of abuse, is the great injustic