only lasted for five hours, started on the runway at the airport on the island, he moved to a similar concentration camp, he stopped at the port and back on the track ended. But when a lightning tour of Francisco de Lesbos was finished Saturday, almost nothing was as it was before.From the first moment stop the leader of the Catholic Church in the first line of the refugee crisis in Europe, it was heavy in symbolism, full of emotions, extraordinary in small or large scale. However, nothing was more acute than the form of its end, as Francis, with one gesture, sent a strong rebuke of Europe's political elite, dividing his plane back to Rome with 12 refugees, who, until then, was not held as prisoners on the island. Even the cleanest and appeared tearful as his plane took off.
It's Dad, who always likes to surprise,' said a reporter sent to the state RAI in Italy, as the plane rolled down the runway. Twelve refugees, half of them children, randomly selected in the name of the person who wants to send a message.
With the precision of a surgeon, the pope began to send this message to the point where he landed. Greece, he said, gave the world a lesson in humanity. Others should follow suit.From from start to finish, it was a nice day. Lesbos has been at the forefront of a large wave of humanity fleeing the war spilled into Europe, especially from Syria, but also from other parts of Asia and Africa. For much of last year, its beaches were covered with hundreds of thousands of vests and rubber boats broken - detritus survival and death.
On Saturday, the inconsistency is so nice could not have been more intense for the environmental protection of such a tragedy. It was a freshness in the air, the sparkling sea in the background - to the Turkish coast is clearly visible - as Francis, accompanied by the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians in the world, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, went to the mountain village of Moriah, the site of the infamous prison island camp.Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece - a man who, like his fellow church leaders, has a reputation for humility and modesty - anticipated.
All three were even there also marked difficult drive that was not lost on the faithful: Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Christians were divided by bitter rivalry since the schism in 1054 in connection with the emergence of refugees from Europe, who had finished too.Addressing refugees dad was trying to send a message support and said: '. I am here to tell you that you are not alone 'was, he insisted, the victims of heinous crimes, but as a good Samaritan, were those who rushed to facilitate their needs. 'The Greek people responded generously to their needs, in spite of their own difficulties. Yes, so much remains to be done, but thank God that our suffering will never leave us alone. '
It was an enlightened reason under the sun to warm April in the picturesque port of Lesvos. There are three church leaders criticized the policy that led to the war, borders and so many people dying in a closed sea, as a memorial to the victims of migration, which is already underway.
Local authorities lost track of those who died off the coast of Lesbos. 'Before about numbers, these people are above all human beings,' Francis reminded the audience, offering even more critical of Europe plans to deport thousands Aegean.Lapping back through the spring, the sun dappled sea was beautiful - and still drilled with this threat - as it It was held a moment of silence. Pope, his tone is muted as it was soft and held his subject. 'We hope that' he intoned, 'the world will pay attention to these dramatic scenes and daring really need and respond in a way worthy of our common humanity. '
Back on the pavement, he refrained from other applications, preferring a modest wave before entering back into plane.A box is worth a thousand words, and that he saw a picture: a group of men, women and children and a cheerful light, some headscarves, some wearing jeans some shirts on their way to a new life thanks to the man in charge of the Vatican; life is full of the promise of surprise and suspense, which began on the shores of this island in Greece.
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