Geopolitics
The Canary Islands Pilgrimage: A Papal Condemnation of Europe's Colonial Hangover and the Global South's Plight
Pope Leo concluded his week-long visit to Spain in the Canary Islands, a key European migration gateway, to center his international message on migration and human dignity. This starkly highlights the hypocritical West's cruel failure to address the human catastrophe its own policies of exploitation and inequality have created, forcing desperate people onto deadly journeys.