<p>In another tip of the pontifical hat to immigration, Pope Francis said during his trip to the Baltic states — those resistant to the E.U.&#8217;s migrant wave — that the Virgin Mary stands close to &#8220;the deported.&#8221;</p>
<p>Giving <a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2018/documents/papa-francesco_20180924_omelia-lettonia-aglona.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">his homily</a> at the Shrine of the Mother of God in Latvia, Pope Francis said that Mary &#8220;stands near those who suffer, those from whom the world flees, including those who have been put on trial, condemned by all, deported.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Nor is it that they are simply oppressed or exploited; they are completely outside the system, on the very fringes of society,&#8221; Francis said. &#8220;The Mother also stands close by them, steadfast beneath their cross of incomprehension and suffering.&#8221;</p>
<p>During his trip to Latvia, the Pope denounced both isolationism and &#8220;ways of thinking that would have us be suspicious of others.&#8221; More importantly, the Pope said to resist those thoughts even when evidence shows &#8220;we would be better off, more prosperous and more secure just by ourselves.&#8221;</p>
<p>Instead, the Pope said that &#8220;Mary and the disciples of these lands invite us to ‘receive’ our brothers and sisters, to care for them, in a spirit of universal fraternity.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Pope&#8217;s message followed statements he made in <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/09/22/pope-francis-stresses-anti-populist-message-trip-lithuania/">praise</a> of Lithuania for their history of integrating migrants, holding them up as an example for their European neighbors. He even suggested that people lived in peace until &#8220;totalitarian ideologies&#8221; came onto the scene.</p>
<p>&#8220;Lithuania was able to shelter, receive and accept peoples of various ethnic groups and religions,&#8221; Francis said on Saturday. &#8220;All found a place to live in this land — Lithuanians, Tartars, Poles, Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Armenians, Germans.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Old Catholics, Muslims, Jews — lived together in peace until the arrival of totalitarian ideologies that, by sowing violence and lack of trust, undermined its ability to accept and harmonize differences,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The Pope warned Lithuanians of those who are &#8220;sowing division and confrontation, often by exploiting insecurity or situations of conflict.&#8221;</p>

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