Pope Leo XIV can say mass and warn Europe and the world that immigrants must be welcomed, whether they arrive in Arguineguín, Dover or Sicily, but his words do not count for far-right movements, such as some groups in Northern Ireland, which in recent years have staged episodes of xenophobic violence. Not because the radicals are Protestant and not Catholic, but because they exhibit "racist" attitudes, as defined by the British minister for the province, Hilary Benn, on Thursday.

History is an endless succession of changes and, therefore, of crises. Each one seems like the end of the world. Or of what we understand as civilization. Then, life goes on. In another way.