Pope Leo visits Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants

"You are not numbers or files, you are people."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"But the streets will eat you up, young people are like carrion there."

— Padre Pepe , Activist

"If we do it well, integrate people well, there is nothing bad in it at all."

— Padre Pepe , Activist

"I decided to go, whether I survive or I die, because I want my family to be in a good condition."

— Bakary Jaiju , Other

"He called for kindness and requested everyone to follow 'the path of mercy, reconciliation, truth and gentleness.'"

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"The Lord's call resonates anew in our hearts today and confirms our vocation and mission: to build the Church together, founded on Christ, the 'cornerstone'."

— Pope Leo , Activist

"There is a great deal of work, coordination, and collaboration."

— Enélida Hernández Monzón , Activist

"Having the Successor of St. Peter visit the Canary Islands is tremendously significant."

— Enélida Hernández Monzón , Activist

"This encounter between the Pope and migrants is more than just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

— Enélida Hernández Monzón , Activist

"Human dignity has no passport"

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"Today, by the sea, the message becomes clear: so many wounded lives arrive here, stripped of almost everything, but never of their dignity."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"Sooner or later, we shall know whether we were able to safeguard it or whether we let indifference speak for us."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"Mercy begins with small gestures."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"It was a girl."

— Tito Villarmea , Other

"the Church is present where the state is absent."

— Caya Suárez Ortega , Activist

"We cover basic needs, such as food, but also housing rentals, so that they are not in a situation of being homeless."

— Caya Suárez Ortega , Activist