Pope Francis Calls On Catholics To Show Their Support Of Migrants And Join “Global Solidarity Walk”
On Sunday, Pope Francis plugged the One-million-kilometer “Global Solidarity Walk” for migrants and refugees, urging all Catholics to participate in the pro-immigration event.
The event, organized by international Catholic relief service Caritas Internationalis, involves walking “side by side with migrants and refugees” but has a clear political purpose as well. By walking together, we “send a strong message of unity to political leaders,” organizers declare.
Sunday the pope compared the pro-immigration walk to the journey two disciples took on the road to Emmaus after Christ’s resurrection, where they were joined by Jesus as they traveled.
“Join Caritas and walk 1 million kilometres together with migrants & refugees. We are all on the Road to Emmaus being called to see the face of Christ. #sharejourney”
Join Caritas and walk 1 million kilometres together with migrants & refugees. We are all on the Road to Emmaus being called to see the face of Christ. #sharejourney https://t.co/pJBkxwObDK
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) October 21, 2018
Back in September 2017, the pope stated that Jesus Christ himself is who asks us to welcome migrants “with arms wide open,” and that a failure to do so stems from xenophobia.
Pope Francis went on to say that opposition to immigration “finds its explanation in an innate fear of the ‘foreigner,’ a fear exacerbated by the wounds caused by the economic crisis, the unpreparedness of the local communities, and the inadequacy of many measures taken in an emergency atmosphere.”
Francis also launched a two-year pro-immigration campaign to encourage a more welcoming attitude toward migrants all over the globe.
The campaign is run by Caritas Internationalis and was initially launched in response to Pope Francis’ habitual summons for a “culture of encounter” with immigrants.
The world “faces not a migration crisis, but a crisis of global solidarity,” Caritas Internationalis says on its website. “Be part of a worldwide campaign to reach out to migrants, change perceptions, open hearts and minds, and strengthen the bonds that unite us all.”
The organization states that the project hopes to provoke a “shift in thinking” as far as immigration is concerned, by dispelling common “myths about migration.”
The organization says on their website that popular myths about migration include migrants living off welfare benefits and stealing jobs from citizens, that closing borders will curb migrant flows, that there are more migrants now than ever before, and that “people from poor countries migrate to rich ones.”
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, president of Caritas Internationalis, recently said during a Vatican press conference that world leaders should remember that “we are all migrants. Nobody can claim to be a non-migrant, we are all passing in this world.”
“Nobody is a permanent resident,” and no one can claim to “own the space they occupy,” he said, voicing his hope that there would be a universal “conversion of mind” on the issue.
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