Pope Francis leaves the Saint Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Athens, Greece, December 6, 2021. Thanassis Stavrakis/Pool via REUTERS
ATHENS (Reuters) - Pope Francis heard from young people including children of migrants who have fled war or poverty at a school in Athens on Monday, as he wrapped up a trip to the Mediterranean in which he defended the rights of refugees and condemned those who exploit their plight for political gain.
The pope's last event in Greece was a visit to a Catholic-run school where he listened to accounts from several students, including 12-year-old Aboud Gabro, whose family left Syria after their house in Aleppo took a direct hit by a bomb in 2014.
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