Refugee drama to dominate pope’s weekend trip to Malta


              FILE - People take part in a demonstration against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 13, 2022. Pope Francis heads to Malta on April 2, 2022 with the refugee exodus from Ukraine casting a haunting backdrop to a migration drama that for years has focused on Malta and the plight of desperate people who arrive there seeking shelter in Europe  (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP, FIle)
            
              FILE - Pope Francis, center, poses for a photo with Ukraine's Ambassador to the Holy See, Andriy Yurash, fourth from right, and a group of Ukrainian mothers and children refugees, at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 30, 2022.  Pope Francis heads to Malta on April 2, 2022 with the refugee exodus from Ukraine casting a haunting backdrop to a migration drama that for years has focused on Malta and the plight of desperate people who arrive there seeking shelter in Europe (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE Pope Francis says the vespers in the Roman Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on the solemnity of the conversion of St. Paul, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Pope Francis heads to Malta on April 2, 2022 with the refugee exodus from Ukraine casting a haunting backdrop to a migration drama that for years has focused on Malta and the plight of desperate people who arrive there seeking shelter in Europe. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
            
              FILE- Pope Francis presides over a special prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, March 25, 2022. Pope Francis heads to Malta on April 2, 2022 with the refugee exodus from Ukraine casting a haunting backdrop to a migration drama that for years has focused on Malta and the plight of desperate people who arrive there seeking shelter in Europe. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
Refugee drama to dominate pope’s weekend trip to Malta