Pope Leo XIV: Migrants Lost at Sea Are Victims of Choices Made and Unmade

Pope Leo XIV with a family of migrants at the Gateway to Europe monument, which commemorates migrants lost in the Mediterranean, on the Italian island of Lampedusa on July 4, 2026.

Celebrating Mass on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to respond to migration with long-term policies rooted in human dignity.

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