A Stranger and You Welcomed Me: A Call to Mercy and Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees

The plight of migrants and refugees has been a constant and urgent priority for Pope Francis. On his first trip outside of Rome to the Island of Lampedusa, a waystation for refugees in the Mediterranean, he spoke of the many who have drowned: “We are a society which has forgotten how to weep, how to experience compassion . . . the globalization of indifference has taken from us the ability to weep!” In this collection of his writings and sermons, Pope Francis frequently reminds us that Jesu...