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Pope Francis meets in Bari February 23 with bishops of the Mediterranean

After the Bari ‘synod’… what’s the Church’s vision for the Mediterranean?

The German Churches christen their new refugee rescue ship

“When people drown, we have to help”: German Churches christen Med refugee rescue ship

Pope Francis greets the faithful February 23 on his trip to Bari

“No excuses or prudent caution”: From Bari, Pope urges Christians to “extremism of love”

Bishops gathered at the Bari synod on the Mediterranean

Bari synod: Bishops denounce European “economic interests” in Mediterranean “not always evangelical”

Bishops on the first day of the Bari 'synod' on the Mediterranean February 19

On first day of Bari ‘synod’, bishops deplore “economic and interested wall” dividing Mediterranean

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal blasts Europe for 'selfish' migration policy

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal blasts Europe for “nearsighted, selfish, individualistic and unfair” migration policy

Sunrise in Bari - Vatican, Italian cardinals look forward to Bari 'synod' as start of 'great Mediterranean spring'

Vatican, Italian cardinals see Bari ‘synod’ as start of “great Mediterranean spring”

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli - 'To stop the wave of refugees into Europe we have to help the countries they're from'

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli: “To stop the wave of refugees into Europe we have to help the countries they’re from”

Catholic Archbishop of Athens Greece is determined to break the shackles of the economic and financial crisis

Catholic Archbishop of Athens: “Greece is determined to break the shackles of the economic and financial crisis”

Vicar apostolic in Turkey - 'The Mediterranean has forgotten its vocation to hospitality'

Vicar apostolic in Turkey: “The Mediterranean has forgotten its vocation to hospitality”

New papal trips announced for 2020

New papal trips to denounce dumping of toxic waste in Italy, plight of migrants in Malta

German Churches buy Med refugee rescue ship

“Urgently needed, lives are in danger”: German Churches buy Med refugee rescue ship

Athens Catholic archbishop Sevastianos Rossolatos accuses EU of "great inconsistency" on migrants

Athens Catholic archbishop accuses EU of “great inconsistency” on migrants

Spanish-African bishops insist 'No Christian should have a negative attitude towards immigrants'

Spanish-African bishops insist: “No Christian should have a negative attitude towards immigrants”

Child Lesbos refugees

Cardinal Marx donates 100,000 euros to Lesbos refugees

Churches' refugee rescue efforts in the Mediterranean

Swiss Bishops give 10,000 francs to German Churches’ refugee rescue efforts in Mediterranean

Refugees rescued in the Mediterranean

Vatican official, on Christian unity: “Do we collude with indifference, or show a ‘rare kindness’?”

A migrant on a refugee boat in the Mediterranean

Italian bishop: Bari ‘Mediterranean Synod’ to transform “sea of death” into “welcoming haven”

A refugee detention camp in Libya

Italian priest ‘guardian angel’ of refugees sounds desperate SOS for migrants trapped in Libyan detention centres

Brexit

Italian Bishops’ secretary urges EU to rethink common project in wake of Brexit

German Protestant head Heinrich Bedform-Strohm

German Protestant head receives death threats for floating refugee rescue ship to which Cardinal Marx has also donated

Two Wise Men mourn a dead refugee on the shores of the Mediterranean

Wise men ‘stolen’ from German church manger scenes to denounce EU treatment of refugees

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal Cristóbal López

Spanish-Moroccan cardinal calls for Synod on migration: “The Mediterranean cannot continue to be a frontier of death”

A mother and her baby rescued after crossing the Mediterranean in search of a safe life

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity to denounce “cold forces of indifference” towards migrants and refugees

Sarajevo cardinal Vinko Puljic

Sarajevo cardinal: “There is still no peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina”

The body of a dead refugee found floating in the Mediterranean

Cardinal Hollerich rips Europe on inaction for Med migrants: “We must be fiercely ashamed”

Refugee children in a camp on Lesbos

Cardinal Marx: “What’s happening on Lesbos cannot be tolerated, especially at Christmas”

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.

Cardinal Hollerich denounces political inaction on Med refugee crisis due to “fear of right-wing parties”

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti

Italian cardinal decries “dark moment in Mediterranean history”

Francis December 19 with migrants from Lesbos newly arrived in the Vatican

Pope warns on migrant, human trafficking crises: “Our indifference is a sin!”