The
influx of migrants from Syria is an “Arab invasion,” Pope Francis said, before
adding that it will make Europe stronger.
The pontiff was speaking to a group of French
Christians Thursday when he said that Europe has seen many invasions over the
course of history.
“How
many invasions has Europe experienced in the course of its history? It has
always been able to overcome them; moving forward and finding itself better
through the exchange between cultures,” he said.
“Today we can talk about an Arab invasion,”
he said. “It is a social fact.”
According to Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, the
pope said that Europe has always been able to “go forward and find itself
enhanced by the exchange among cultures,” adding that Europe is the “only
continent that can bring about a certain unity to the world.”
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