Article: POPE: EMBRACE IMMIGRANTS PONTIFF IN PARIS FOR WORLD FESTIVAL.(NEWS)

Byline: Associated Press

PARIS -- Pope John Paul II today criticized efforts by Western nations to cut back on immigration, declaring that the world's needy deserve assistance whatever their nationality.

In a packed Notre Dame Cathedral, John Paul used the occasion of a beatification of a lay charity worker to challenge developed nations to rethink their attitudes toward immigration.

''Who is my neighbor? The neighbor is every human being without exception. It is not necessary to ask his nationality, or to which social or religious group he belongs,'' John Paul said. ''If he is in need, he must be helped.''

John Paul is in Paris for a ...

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