One prominent Jewish student group accused the anti-migrant party on Wednesday as being “one of the biggest threats to Jewish ... life in Germany.”

The apology came on the same day that Pope Francis acknowledged that the sex abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church was driving people away.

People are saying the bridge is a serious idea, and it has at least captured the interest of leading politicians on both sides of the water.

Italy on Monday tightened criteria for migrants receiving humanitarian protection as its populist government deepened its crackdown on those seeking asylum.

The pope said he knows that young people “are upset by sexual and economic scandals that do not meet with clear condemnation.”

It was an important message for the 2.2 million people of Latvia, where today 37 percent of the population are Russian.