So as you have proven, we have a prime example of fake news. But the pope did run on and on about the topic, then at the end added  a caveat that he doesn't really know much about the topic at hand. Next he needs to acknowledge that his place in the scheme of things is not to dictate national immigration policy with his personal preferences -- unless of course he wants to turn his own  tiny nation state over to immigrants, which he seems most disinclined to do.