Pope Leo XIV Urges Legal Migration Paths in Spain After 7-Day Visit
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Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 12
Pope Leo XIV Urges Legal Migration Paths in Spain After 7-Day Visit
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 12
Summary
Closing a 7-day trip in Spain, Pope Leo XIV urged governments to protect migrants’ dignity while expanding legal routes for migration.
Leo paired that appeal with a call for migrants to integrate and resist traffickers’ “siren songs” promising easy lives in the West.
The remarks also stressed that nations have a right to protect their borders, a balance the pope’s critics often overlook in the politically charged migration debate.
Delivered in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, the message amounted to Leo’s fullest public position yet on migration, blending humanitarian protection with border control and social integration.