Migrants meeting to hear President of Pontifical Council
(Vatican Radio) The President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants, Cardinal Antonio
Maria Vegliò, was scheduled Tuesday to address a meeting in Malta of European Bishops
as they discuss pastoral challenges facing migrants and refugees.
The meeting
from 2-4 December in La Valletta is being promoted by the Council of European Episcopal
Conferences (CCEE), and includes bishops and national directors from Europe’s Bishops’
Conferences with responsibility for the pastoral care of migrants and refugees.
The
challenges and prospects for the pastoral care of migrants and refugees, co-operation
between the Bishops’ Conferences, the exchange of experiences and the difficulties
faced by national directors, migratory policies and the issue of integration of immigrant
workers represent the focus of discussions.