On 30-31 March, Pope Francis was greeted by King Mohammed VI in Rabat, capital of Morocco. The visit was aimed at boosting Christian-Muslim relations and showing solidarity with Morocco’s growing migrant community. The Pope told the king that he hopes Morocco would continue to be a model of humanity, offering migrants welcome and protection. “The issue of migration will never be resolved by raising barriers, fomenting fear of others or denying assistance to those who legitimately aspire to a better life for themselves and their families,” Francis said. The Pope also praised the king for Morocco’s tradition of interfaith coexistence and its efforts to promote a moderate form of Islam. He presented the Mohammed VI Institute as an example of those efforts, which is a school of learning for imams that teaches a moderate Islam and exports it via preachers to Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The king said education, and not military crackdowns, was the key to fighting radicalism. “What all terrorists have in common is not religion, but rather ignorance of religion,” he said. On Sunday, the Pope spoke at the Cathedral of Rabat, after spending the day visiting Spanish nuns who provide medical care to children and teach women to read. Later that day, the Pope spoke about Europe’s tilt toward populism, when asked about Italian Deputy PM Salvini’s stance on migration, and said that Catholics and other people of good will supporting such leaders are influenced by a populism that “plants fear.”