"I think about those failed dreams. To these brothers, his sisters, drowned in fear, while they had hope in their hearts. This sea, splendid, is a cemetery. The scorching sun ignites the Good Mother, so Pope Francis closes his eyes, for a moment, in front of the monument dedicated to the missing at sea and the migrants. The Ubi Caritas sung by a choir resonates on the hillsides. The audience — politicians, imams, rabbis, associations — seems caught up in the moment.
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