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On February 19, 2025, the conference "Migration and Human Rights" was held, organized by the Diocese of Melfi-Rampolla-Venosa. The aim was to analyze the phenomenon both as a global event and to consider the opportunities and critical issues surrounding its impact on local communities. The organizers and participants hoped to move beyond the emergency mentality and discuss the protection of human rights within the diocese and the integration [...]

Encountering the Periphery We want to tell you about Mary Lalbiaktluangi, missionary sister and alumni of the Licentiate on Pastoral Theology and Human Mobility of the academic year 2021-2023. She found the course excellent and she greatly benefited by its incredibly instructive and formative approach. She graduated with a thesis titled Encountering the Periphery: Pastoral approach in the Light of John 4:5-42 and its Implications for the Missionary Sisters of Mary [...]

Refugee & Migrant Education: Transforming “Dreams” into Action to Foster Hope, Understanding, and Meaningful Integration By: Annemarijn Cozijnsen Last Friday, November 8th 2024, Anthony J. Cernera - President and co-founder of Being the Blessing foundation and co-founder and team leader of the Refugee & Migrant Education (RME) Network - reminded us that we can choose to view the current challenging global scene as an invite to deepen our commitment [...]

Being a church on the border Discussions from the Webinar Conflict and Human Displacement Last October 28, 2024 the webinar Conflict and Human Displacement, organized by SIMI and the  scholars in the research project Nordhost – Migration and Hospitality in a Nordic context, was held online. Conflict is a crucial issue regarding migration and displacement of people, and there are many questions that this interrelationship raises. How do we understand and interpret human displacement, [...]