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Friday 19 January 2018

Pope urges Chile to welcome migrants, holds airborne wedding

exploited. band that is often associ-
“Let us be attentive to the ated with it and, above
lack of steady employ- all, we want people who
ment, which destroys lives come to Chile to respect
and homes,” he said. “Let our law,” Pinera told local
us be attentive to those ADN radio in October.
who profit from the irregular Chile had the fastest rate
status of many immigrants of migrant growth of any
who don’t know the lan- country in Latin America
guage or who don’t have in 2010-2015, according to
their papers in order.” U.N. and church statistics,
Francis’ insistence that although the total numbers
countries welcome and are comparatively small.
integrate migrants fleeing Most of the newcomers are
war, drought or hardship Haitians, who often find a
has often fallen on deaf hard time integrating pro-
ears in Europe, where the fessionally because of lan-
migrant crisis has been a guage barriers.
driving factor on politics for After the Mass, Francis was
years. to meet with two victims
While Chile isn’t experienc- of Chile’s military dictator-
ing the same anti-immi- ship before heading off to
grant backlash seen in the Peru on the second leg of
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass on Lobito Beach in Iquique, Chile, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. United States and Europe, his two-nation South Ameri-
(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) the incoming right-wing can tour.
By NICOLE WINFIELD and caring for the least for- economy in search of a government of President The pontiff broke new
PETER PRENGAMAN tunate among them. better life. Sebastian Pinera is looking ground Thursday on an Air-
Associated Press Francis’ spontaneous offer The Argentine pope, who to crack down. bus 321 when he performed
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — to celebrate the marriage has frequently demanded Pinera, who was previously a wedding ceremony for
Pope Francis wrapped up of two LATAM flight atten- wealthy countries open president in 2010-2014, said flight attendants Paula Po-
his Chile visit Thursday by dants at 36,000 feet came their arms to migrants and during the campaign that dest, 39, and Carlos Ciuf-
performing a first-of-its-kind as he traveled to Iquique, a refugees, called Iquique Chile would remain wel- fardi, 41, who were wed in
airborne papal wedding popular beach destination a “land of dreams” for so coming to immigrants who a civil service in 2010 but
ceremony and then cel- in northern Chile that is also many newcomers and follow the law and aim to had to cancel their church
ebrating a Mass on land in home to tens of thousands urged Chile to continue to be productive members of ceremony due to a major
which he urged the South of migrants who have be a place of hospitality, society. earthquake that hit Chile.
American nation to con- poured into the region’s jobs and justice, especially “We want to shut the doors Speaking to journalists
tinue welcoming migrants strongest and most stable for those migrants who are to drug trafficking, contra- in the aisle after serving
a breakfast of croissant
Bahamas: sandwich and fruit, Ciuf-
fardi said the pope asked
Small plane with 6 on board vanishes from radar them if they wanted to be
married in the eyes of the
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The twin-engine Piper Az- The U.S. Coast Guard said There was no information church, and they readily
Authorities lost track of a tec was en route from An- later that a helicopter crew about the others on board. agreed.
small plane with six people dros to New Providence found a debris field about 5 There was fog and low vis- Ciuffardi said the pope
on board Wednesday as it in the morning when it miles east of Andros Island, ibility around New Provi- told them during the brief
traveled between two is- turned back and then dis- and the Royal Bahamas dence at the time that air ceremony: “This is the sac-
lands in the Bahamas and appeared from the radar Defense Force was head- traffic control first registered rament that is missing in
searchers later found a of air traffic controllers in ing to the area to investi- the plane on radar, but it the world, the sacrament
debris field, suggesting the Nassau, said Delvin Major, gate. was not known why the of marriage. May this moti-
aircraft may have crashed chief investigator for the The six-seat plane was reg- plane apparently turned vate others to get the sac-
into the ocean, officials Bahamas Air Accident In- istered to a local airline and back toward Andros, Major rament of marriage. I’ll do
said. vestigation Department. the pilot was Bahamian. said.q it for this reason.” q