{"id":51699,"date":"2014-11-21T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2014\/11\/21\/pope-francis-on-immigrants-for-christians-a-no-one-is-a-strangera\/"},"modified":"2014-11-21T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T19:00:00","slug":"pope-francis-on-immigrants-for-christians-a-no-one-is-a-strangera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2014\/11\/21\/pope-francis-on-immigrants-for-christians-a-no-one-is-a-strangera\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis on immigrants: For Christians, \u00e2??no one is a stranger\u00e2?\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pope said that migrants do not pose a threat to society, but instead contribute to the countries that receive them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to participants of the World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants, the Pope stressed that all people have a right to improve their lives. For this reason, he said immigration is a doorway to hope for many people who lack opportunities in their country of origin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>POPE FRANCIS<br \/>\n'Above all in areas of the world in difficulty, where the lack of work prevents individuals and their families from achieving a dignified life, there is a strong drive to seek a better future wherever that may be, even at the risk of disappointment and failure. This is caused in great part by the economic crisis.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis said that for the Church 'no one is a stranger\u00e2?\u009d. He explained that people's dignity does not hinge on their religion, ethnicity, or their productive capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Concluding his address, the Pope said that migrants are 'a reminder of the need to eradicate inequality, injustice and abuses.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>JRB\/JAE<br \/>\nCTV<br \/>\nJM<br \/>\n-BN<br \/>\nUp: MPI<br \/>\n#Pope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 21, 2014. The Pope addressed the World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants. ;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":31532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_dyDB6cWA_s","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/romereports.com.edgesuite.net\/news\/bpapamigrantiint.mov","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}