On November 9, 1997, Pope John Paul II proclaimed blessed the founder of the Congregation of Scalabrinian Missionaries. Here is the message of Fr. Chiarello, Superior General. Rome, November 11, 2019 – On November 9, 1997, Pope John Paul II proclaimed blessed bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, founder of the Scalabrinian Missionary congregation. A significant date, because it also includes the celebration of the dedication of the Lateran basilica, the mother of all churches. 

Buenos Aires, November 2019 – The migratory reality in the field of countries in which the Region N. Sra. Madre de los Migrantes, where we have our missionary presence, is marked in the last three years by the emergence of the massive Venezuelan immigration. In the most recent decades, these countries have mainly received intra-regional migration of contingents of Bolivian, Paraguayan and Peruvian migrants, which stabilized over the years. In Argentina, for example, there were