Pope Leo tells migrants: ‘I bow before your dignity’

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: June 11, 2026Country: Spain

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Pope Leo tells migrants: ‘I bow before your dignity’

Pope Leo met with migrants and NGOs at a port in Spain’s Canary Islands dubbed the 'dock of shame' because of its squalid conditions during a spike in migrant arrivals in 2020. He said history would 'condemn those who allowed people fleeing war or poverty to suffer.'

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