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Pope Francis brings spotlight to climate migration: ‘Many are being devoured in conditions that make it impossible to survive’



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Pope Francis is using his pulpit to call attention to climate migration.”When we look, what do we see? Many are being devoured in conditions that make it impossible to survive. Forced to abandon fields and shorelines, homes and villages, people flee in haste carrying just a few souvenirs and treasures, scraps of their culture and heritage,” the pope wrote in a statement released Tuesday. “They set out in hope, meaning to restart their lives in a place of safety. But where they mostly end up are dangerously overcrowded slums or makeshift settlements, waiting on fate.”The pope published his …

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