Juan Bautista Scalabrini, ‘father of migrants’, will be a saint

Bishop of Piacenza and considered the father of migrants, he suggested to Saint Pius X the creation of an organization in the Holy See for the attention of all the migrants of the world In response to their request, the Special Office for Emigration was created, the forerunner of the current Section for Migrants and … Read more

Holy on October 9th. Migrations according to Scalabrini: a question of justice and development

Ansa / Us Gdf The history of Italian emigration, imprinted in the collective memory and of almost all of our families, is also the history of the men and women religious who supported the migrants by handing us a precious inheritance. Among the many, we can remember the names of Geremia Bonomelli (1831-1914), bishop of … Read more

Consistory. Scalabrini and Zatti saints. October 9 is the date of the canonizations

The founder of the Scalabrinians, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, bishop of Piacenza, founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of San Carlo and of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of San Carlo Borromeo, will be canonized on Sunday 9 October, together with Artemide Zatti, a professed layman of the Salesian Society of S Giovanni Bosco … Read more