“Brought by the waves”<br /><br /> Hundreds of children, many of them migrants, travelled to the Vatican on Saturday for an emotional meeting with Pope Francis.<br /><br /> The children caught a special train from southern Italy to the Vatican’s own railway station.<br /><br /> Visiting Vatican aboard “Children’s Train,” Pope tells 500 kids: “Migrants are not a danger, they are in danger!” pic.twitter.com/9Dhrbl4GwN— Rich Raho (@RichRaho) 28 mai 2016 <br /><br /> The majority were Italian, but some were migrant children living in Italy after having been rescued while trying to cross the Mediterranean.<br /><br /> The theme of the meeting was “Brought by the waves”, referring to the bringing together of Italian children and those arriving in Europe from across the Mediterranean.<br /><br /> “Not a danger but in danger”<br /><br /> The Pontiff told the children that migrants “are not dangerous but are in danger.”<br /><br /> He showed them an orange life jacket he was given by a Spanish rescuer.<br /><br /> “He brought me this life jacket and, crying a little bit, he said ‘
