"Christians must face the challenge of migration. Translating the dream of fraternity into political actions" The Pope sent a message to the European People's Party asking for unity on "primary ethical values" "It is clear that a large parliamentary group must provide for a certain internal pluralism", writes the Pope in a letter to the president of the group Manfred Weber.

"A project for Europe today can only be a global project," says the Pope, who is hospitalized in Rome.