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Welcoming immigrants is requirement of charity, justice, pope says

LUXEMBOURG — Animated by a spirit of service, mission and joy, the Catholic Church must be welcoming toward everyone, Pope Francis said. “The spirit of the Gospel is a spirit of welcoming, of openness to everyone; it does not admit any kind of exclusion,” the pope told members of Luxembourg’s Catholic community during an afternoon meeting in the city’s Cathedral of Notre-Dame Sept. 26. The pope encouraged the Church in the small, predominantly Catholic country to “continue to make your country a friendly home for those who knock at your door seeking help and hospitality.” After his visit to Luxembourg, the pope visited Belgium. (CNS)

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