Pope Francis greets a group of Syrian refugees, arrived with the pontiff’s charter plane in 2016

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image showing Pope Francis greets a group of Syrian refugees, arrived with the pontiff’s charter plane in 2016

unbrokenplatypus on April 22nd, 2025 at 18:21 UTC »

Cons be like “this is very divisive”

Spartan2470 on April 22nd, 2025 at 18:42 UTC »

Here is a much higher-quality and less-cropped version of this image. Here is the source. Per there:

Syrian refugee Nour Essa, left, Daniela Pompei, the head of migration and integration for the Catholic charity Sant'Egidio, behind her Hasan Zaheda carrying his 1-year old son Riad, greet together with other refugees Pope Francis upon their landing at Rome's Ciampino airport, Saturday, April 16, 2016. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via AP, File )

Trey-Pan on April 22nd, 2025 at 18:59 UTC »

I don’t practice religion, but I certainly respect him as an inspirational person. This is what we need more of, especially in these dark times.