Tag: Migrant Immigrant and Refugee Network

They wanted to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds

They wanted to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds

El Salvador – a country where the wounds of the past seem not to have healed and where memories and fears of past decades (harassment of defenders and activists, criminalization of youth, the militarization of public security, imposition of capitalist development, privatization and exploitation of resources as the only way to “get ahead”) still prevail in the memory and daily life. Learning about the work and legacy of the Catholic Church in the country was energizing.

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Human Dignity Knows No Borders

Human Dignity Knows No Borders

The CCVI Migrant, Immigrant, and Refugee Network in order to promote educational opportunities that broaden current and historical perspectives of the global migration crisis and the people impacted by movement and upheaval, presents a series of Webinars entitled: “Globalizing Compassion, Cooperation and Solidarity”.  “Human dignity knows no borders”, was the second webinar focusing on Pope Francis’ teaching on immigration at Fratelli Tutti.

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