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For the pope\u2019s visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, where scores of immigrants have died trying to reach safety, CNS notes:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In his homily at an outdoor Mass, Pope Francis said he decided to visit Lampedusa, a small island with a population of 6,000 and just 70 miles from Tunisia, after seeing newspaper headlines in June describing the drowning of immigrants at sea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThose boats, instead of being a means of hope, were a means of death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wearing purple vestments, like those used during Lent, and using the prayers from the Mass for the Forgiveness of Sins, Pope Francis said the deaths of the immigrants are \u201clike a thorn in the heart,\u201d which spurred him to offer public prayers for them, but also to try to awaken people\u2019s consciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is responsible for the blood of these brothers and sisters of ours?\u201d the pope asked in his homily. \u201cAll of us respond: \u2018It wasn\u2019t me. I have nothing to do with it. It was others, certainly not me.'\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday no one feels responsible for this,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have lost a sense of fraternal responsibility\u201d and are acting like those in the Gospel who saw the man who had been beaten, robbed and left on the road half dead, but they kept walking.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe we think, \u2018Oh, poor soul,\u2019 but we continue on our way,\u201d the pope said\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026The Mass was filled with reminders that Lampedusa is now synonymous with dangerous attempts to reach Europe: the altar was built over a small boat; the pastoral staff the pope used was carved from wood recycled from a shipwrecked boat; the lectern was made from old wood as well and had a ship\u2019s wheel mounted on the front; and even the chalice \u2014 although lined with silver \u2014 was carved from the wood of a wrecked boat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the pope\u2019s visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, where scores of immigrants have died trying to reach safety, CNS notes: In his homily at an outdoor Mass, Pope Francis said he decided to visit Lampedusa, a small island with a population of 6,000 and just 70 miles from Tunisia, after seeing newspaper headlines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Blood of Christ, the Blood of Immigrants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For the pope's visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, where scores of immigrants have died trying to reach safety, CNS notes: In his homily at an\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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