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Monica Pinna

Pope Francis urged humanity to end indifference towards migrants throughout his papacy

Pope Francis' first official trip, soon after he took the helm of the Catholic Church in 2013, set the tone for what was to come.

He chose to visit the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, one of the main entry points for migrants into Europe via the Mediterranean Sea. There, he condemned what he called the "globalisation of indifference," in a stern message to the world.

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