Lima, March 7, 2019 – In Peru, Venezuelan migration registers more than 700,000 thousand Venezuelan citizens, many of them trying to forge a different future in Peru, especially in Lima. Due to this increase in migration, the Scalabrinian Association in partnership with different international institutions such as UNHCR, IOM, and with the support of the Section of Migrants and refugees of the Vatican “Project Bridges of Solidarity”, as well as the Pastoral of Human Mobility

Faced with new forms of exclusion, the journey of Lenten conversion which begins on 6 March offers the opportunity to renew our commitment to welcoming all. “Conversion and reconciliation is a journey that we make personally, but also as a people, as a Church, as a community.” Begin the message for Lent 2019 with these words, entitled “Outgoing” by the General Direction of the Scalabrinian missionaries, in the spirit of solidarity and charity. The Lenten