Stop Mediterranean becoming vast migrant cemetery, Pope tells Europe


  • World
  • Tuesday, 25 Nov 2014

Pope Francis addresses the European Parliament at the institution's headquarters in Strasbourg, November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Pope Francis told Europe's leaders on Tuesday to do more to help thousands of migrants risking their lives trying to get into the continent, saying they had to stop the Mediterranean becoming "a vast cemetery".

Addressing the European Parliament for the first time, Francis also said Europe should create jobs and not allow the bureaucracy of its institutions to suffocate the ideals which once made it vibrant.

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