POPE Francis canonized the "father of migrants," John Baptist Scalabrini (1839-1905), on Sunday, October 9, at St. Peter's Square.
In 1905, a few months before his death, St. Scalabrini proposed the creation of a Central Commission for all migrants, which is considered the precursor of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Travelers created in 1907.
St. John Baptist Scalabrini, the ‘father of migrants and seafarers,’ is canonized on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO