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Pope calls on every European parish to host one migrant family each

By REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 13:40

Pope Francis called on Sunday on every European parish and religious community to take in one migrant family each in a gesture of solidarity he said would start in the tiny Vatican state where he lives.

"I appeal to the parishes, the religious communities, the monasteries and sanctuaries of all Europe to ... take in one family of refugees," he said after his customary Sunday address in the Vatican.

"Every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary of Europe, take in one family," the pope said, to applause from the crowd at St. Peter's Square.

Two parishes in the Vatican will take in a family of refugees each in the coming days, he said.

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