Pope to reach out to migrants on Greece's Lesbos island
Pope Francis will on Sunday return to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards migrants harden across Europe. On the second day of a landmark trip to Greece, Francis will visit the temporary camp of Mavrovouni, where nearly 2,200 asylum seekers currently live. The pope's trip to Lesbos will be shorter than his last, officials said, as he will fly back to Athens on Sunday to hold a mass for some 2,500 people at the Megaron Athens Concert Hall. On Lesbos, the pontiff will deliver an Angelus prayer in a camp tent in the presence of Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, EU vice-president Margaritis Schinas and Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi. "His visit is a blessing," said Rosette Leo, a Congolese asylum seeker carrying a two-month-old baby as she waited in line for the ceremony. "He has power, he can influence people to see refugees differently," she told AFP. - 'Terrible modern Odyssey' - Francis has long championed refugees, whom he called the "protagonists of a terrible modern Odyssey" in a speech to Greek officials and Schinas on Saturday. He was speaking in Athens...