Pope Leo XIV calls for decisive action for migrants

Pope Leo XIV has urged a strong commitment to supporting migrants, emphasizing the evolving and complex nature of global migration. Speaking in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, the birthplace of Francesca Cabrini, the patron saint of migrants, the pontiff described the current migration phenomenon as having reached a "new complex phase."

His address, delivered on World Refugee Day, drew parallels between the challenges faced by migrants today and those encountered during the time of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian missionary who dedicated her life to assisting emigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Pope suggested that the situation for migrants is no less demanding for the Church now than it was during Cabrini's era.

The visit to Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, located in the province of Lodi in northern Italy, underscored the Pope's focus on the plight of displaced persons and his call for greater solidarity and action from the Catholic Church and the international community.