(BREITBART) – Pope Francis has continued pushing his pro-immigration message in his trip to the Baltic states, urging his hearers to "receive" the stranger even when he threatens our security and well-being.

The Virgin Mary "stands near those who suffer, those from whom the world flees, including those who have been put on trial, condemned by all, deported," the pope said during his homily Monday at the Shrine of the Mother of God in Latvia.

"Nor is it that they are simply oppressed or exploited; they are completely "outside the system", on the very fringes of society," Francis said. "The Mother also stands close by them, steadfast beneath their cross of incomprehension and suffering."

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