“What could be more relevant today than a missionary charism dedicated to serving migrants?” Pope Leo XIV continued his non-violent, irrepressible resistance against the brutal “migration policies” of the United States and Europe, in particular.
Now in northern Italy, visiting Pavia and Milan on June 20, the Pope went to the birthplace of St. Frances Cabrini, the Patron Saint of Migrants, in Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano, and presided over a prayer service there. Mother Cabrini, as she was known, built orphanages, schools, and hospitals worldwide but was best known in America; her entire life coincided with massive migration to America, which peaked just before WWI. Mother Cabrini died in Chicago, as a naturalized U.S. citizen, in 1917.
The Pope continued: “Let us ask ourselves: if Mother Francesca were alive today, what would her missionary spirit tell her?... I therefore take this opportunity to make an appeal, especially to young people: get to know St. Frances Cabrini!”
