Pope saved my children’s future by bringing us to Italy, says Syrian migrant

Lebo Diseko

Global religion correspondent in Rome

Getty Images Wafaa Eid, stands with her hand on the shoulder of one of her children, in front of Pope Francis, after landing at Ciampino airport in Rome in 2016. There is a plane in the background.Getty Images

Wafaa Eid, seen with Pope Francis in 2016 after landing in Rome

“You are not alone.”

That was Pope Francis’s message to migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos when he visited in 2016. He also urged them: “Do not lose hope.”

It was in the…

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