{"id":44895,"date":"2016-04-18T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T07:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/?post_type=en-post&#038;p=44895"},"modified":"2021-09-09T17:01:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:01:45","slug":"pope-visit-to-the-refugees-in-greece-a-way-of-mercy-that-we-must-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/en\/pope-visit-to-the-refugees-in-greece-a-way-of-mercy-that-we-must-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope&#8217;s visit to the refugees in Greece: &#8220;A way of Mercy that we must follow&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pope Francis and the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Island of Lesvos<\/strong> on Saturday April 16, <strong>to meet with the many refugees gathered there<\/strong>. The gesture has been defined: \u201cA strong message to both men of power and of goodwill\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, <strong>on the Islands of Rhodes and Kos, the Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land are already working to help refugees<\/strong> amidst this situation of general emergency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fr. Luke OFM, parish priest of Rhodes, tells us that \u201cabout 131,847 migrants and refugees arrived in Greece from the sea from 1<sup>th<\/sup> January to 7<sup>th<\/sup> March 2016\u201d<\/strong>. They are now <strong>nearly one million<\/strong> since the beginning of <strong>2015<\/strong>. \u201cMost of them land on the <strong>Island of Coo\/Kos,<\/strong> which<strong> has been defined a hotspot<\/strong>. For this reason, the government is going to build a new reception center that can host 800 refugees in the village named Pili, out of the centre of Coo\/Kos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Every Tuesday, <strong>more than 80 families come to the convent to recieve food parcels and basic necessities<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cLorna Anacin, a volunteer from our parish\u201d Fr. Luke says, \u201cbegins the preparation of food parcels on Saturday to be ready for Tuesday! And the <strong>kitchen of the Monastery now looks like an hive<\/strong>: it\u2019s full of <strong>boxes and bags everywhere!<\/strong>\u201d Furthermore, various free <strong>language courses<\/strong> (Greek, English, Italian) have been started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>During winter months, the support of Association pro Terra Sancta and other organizations has been essential to fund the distribution of parcels and for other activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But <strong>this is not enough<\/strong>. The Friars and many Greek volunteers try to help the refugees in any possible way. Fr. Luke explains that: \u201c<strong>Sometimes we have to go search for them by car to help them!<\/strong>\u201d For this reason the Pope\u2019s journey to Lesvos is important. \u201c<strong>The Pope shows \u00a0us the way<\/strong>\u201d Friar Luke comments \u201c<strong>a way of Mercy that we must follow<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/project\/en\/greece-rhodes-aid-for-refugees-and-the-poor\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Support the refugees from the Middle East now!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis and the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Island of Lesvos on Saturday April 16, to meet with the many refugees gathered there. The gesture has been defined: \u201cA strong message to both men of power and of goodwill\u201d. 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