Pope Leo XIV addresses ICMC Council in Rome

Holy Father calls on global ICMC family to “persevere in your noble and important mission of strengthening the Church’s services to welcome, protect, promote, and integrate migrants, refugees, and returnees.”

The Holy Father’s video message to the ICMC Council meeting in Rome sent warm greetings to “all of you who are taking part in the plenary meeting of the Council of the International Catholic Migration Commission, which happily coincides with the 75th anniversary of the Commission’s founding by my predecessor, Pope Pius XII”.

Acknowledging the challenging times in which the ICMC Council comes together, he urged all “to deepen your reflection on the Gospels” and be called “to recognize the face of our Saviour in every person, especially in each migrant, refugee, displaced person and survivor of human trafficking.”