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Migrations are more than movements of people from one place to another; they are related to cultural, social, political and religious transformations of people and nations, and to the continuous reshaping of communities.Therefore, they represent a major challenge to humanity, as well as an opportunity of reshaping it today. They raise questions of greatest relevance for the global agenda, as they affect governments, religions in general and the Catholic Church in particular, global, national, regional, and local communities, families, and countless individuals. To tackle these challenges responsibly, the local Churches from sending, transit, and receiving countries all over the world are [...]

Introduzione Il SIMI collabora con il dipartimento di sociologia della Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, con la Fondazione Migrantes e con l’Agenzia Scalabriniana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo nell’organizzazione della Summer School “Migrazioni e giustizia globale” che si organizza ogni anno durante l’estate. Sono state numerose, in questi anni, le iniziative formative dedicate al fenomeno epocale delle migrazioni internazionali. In questo quadro, la Summer School “Mobilità umana e giustizia globale” vuole caratterizzarsi per una sorta di “riposizionamento” di prospettiva, collocando l’analisi dei processi di mobilità umana all’interno di una riflessione più ampia, che rinvia appunto alla questione della [...]

On Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26, 2022, the international conference organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Pontifical Gregorian University, in collaboration with SIMI, will be addressing the issue of Eradicating Modern Slavery. What role for religions? International and local perspectives and practices. Leading academics, faith leaders, and practitioners will discuss modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour, and reflect on how faith-based and lay institutions can collaborate to accompany and empower the most vulnerable and effectively tackle this daunting problem. Speakers include: - Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, Former archbishop of Agrigento - Tomoya Obokata, UN Special Rapporteur on [...]