
If I were pope and out on a mission to destroy the Catholic Church and western civilization, what would I be doing differently? Certainly encouraging the Islamic invasion of Europe would be high on the agenda.
And it continues to be high on Pope Leo’s agenda.
Even as Muslim boats carrying military age male migrants were penetrating European coastlines, Pope Leo warned that “those boats… cannot and must not find the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination!” All were called on to “work in the service of migrants” without “stereotypes and prejudices”. Or apparently self-defense and survival.
“To migrants I say: know that you are always welcome!” he declared, despite the ravages that Islamic mass migration had already inflicted on Europe, claiming that this would sustain a “Christianity that is more open, more alive and more dynamic” when in reality it was dooming a Christianity that was already on the decline to subservience to a hostile invading religion.
This followed his endorsement of Lampedusa, an Italian island, on the front lines of the Muslim invasion of Europe, as a positive symbol, rather than the new ‘Gates of Vienna’, condemning “loud arguments, ancient fears and unjust policies” by those who oppose mass migration, and celebrating the Muslim invaders as “seeds from which a new world longs to sprout.”
Now, Pope Leo will be visiting Lampedusa.
Pope Leo XIV will spend July 4 visiting a Mediterranean island known for migrant crossings into Europe.
The Vatican announced this week that the first American leader of the Catholic Church will visit Lampedusa, a small Italian island that has for years served as a gateway for migrants and refugees traveling to Europe from Africa and the Middle East.
Pope Leo expressed a desire to visit Lampedusa in a video message sent to volunteers there last year, in which he said they “have shown … the smile and the attention of a human face to people who have survived in a desperate journey of hope.”
His predecessor, Pope Francis, celebrated Mass on the island in 2013 on an altar made of shipwrecked migrant boats, throwing a wreath into the ocean in honor of migrants who lost their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
The Vatican announced earlier this month that Pope Leo would not be visiting the U.S. this year, after Vice President J.D. Vance personally delivered an invitation from President Donald Trump during a visit to the Vatican in May last year.
Lampedusa is one of the sources of the Islamic invasion of Europe. It’s where the rapes, robberies, murders and general population replacement begins. It’s the equivalent of visiting Vienna some centuries ago and demanding that it open its gates to the invaders.
And Pope Francis essentially did that.
Pope Francis, on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, Monday said Muslim migrants in Italy had the support of the Catholic Church.
“I sent heartfelt greetings to dear Muslim immigrants who, this evening (Monday), will begin the Ramadan fast, and wish them abundant spiritual rewards,” Pope Francis said as he held mass on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa.
There are only 7,000 residents on Lampedusa. The island has been overwhelmed by well over 100,000 invaders. There have already been migrant riots and Pope Leo’s answer is to double down on supporting the invasion as if it were a holy act rather than civilizational suicide.
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Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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