Irish Examiner view: Comforting migrants

Papal visit

Pope Francis during his visit the Saint Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Athens, Greece. Picture: AP

It has been an energetic and impressive visit to Greece and its islands by Pope Francis who will celebrate his 85th birthday 10 days from now.

Returning to Lesbos, one of the epicentres of the illegal migration route into Europe, for the first time in five years, he blasted the indifference and self-interest of continental leaders and political opinion “that condemns to death those on the fringes”.