Pope Leo XIV urged the public to see migrants and refugees as “messengers of hope” on Friday, as the Trump administration focuses on mass deportation efforts in the pontiff’s former home country.
In a letter, Leo wrote that the “widespread tendency to look after the interests of limited communities” poses a serious threat to the “pursuit of the common good and global solidarity for the benefit of our entire human family.”
He said that migrants are the embodiment of an aspiration to seek happiness, even outside of one’s homeland and through adversity.
