On 26-27 September, ICMC and the Canadian Embassy to the Holy See co-organized a hybrid workshop on the community sponsorship of refugees. Participants called for improved dialogue, sustainable funding, and support for volunteers.
Three Syrian families who traveled on the papal plane after the pope’s last visit to the Greek island have made new lives for themselves in Italy’s capital.
By Cristina Cabrejas Rome, Nov 29 (EFE).- When Pope Francis returned to Rome from the Greek island of Lesbos on 16 April 2016, he did so with 12 Syrian refugees in tow, all of whom have gone on to forge a new life in the Italian capital. The Syrian families had been living in the …