Pope Francis said today that migrants and refugees are bearing “the cross of humanity” referring for the second day to this matter during his visit to Bulgaria, that set him against the government.
Francis started his second day in Bulgaria with a visit to a refugee center in Sofia, where he met with about 50 people and their children, who receive help from a Catholic charitable organisation.
“Today, the world of migrants and refugees is a kind of cross, the cross of humanity. It’s a cross that many people suffer,” he told them after listening to some of their stories and to the children singing.
Later, Francis flew to the town of Rakovski in southern Bulgaria, a Catholic stronghold in a mainly orthodox country. There, during a special Holy Mass, almost 250 children from all over Bulgaria received for the first time the sacrament. Less than one percent of the population of Bulgaria is Catholic.
Source: ANA-MPA
