Pope Leo XIV exalts first American saint Cabrini as a model for Christians for her care of migrants
Leo urged young people to study Cabrini’s writings and service as he cast the first American saint as a guide for migrants.
- Pope Leo XIV visited Sant Angelo Lodigiano on Saturday, the birthplace of Mother Frances Cabrini, to pray at her tomb and exalt her as a model for Christians today to care for migrants in need.
- Cabrini is well known for her extensive work caring for Italian immigrants in the United States at the turn of the last century, dying in Chicago in 1917 before her canonization in 1946.
- Before arriving in Cabrini's hometown, Pope Leo visited nearby Pavia to pray at the tomb of Augustine, the fifth-century figure whose works including 'Confessions' and 'The City of God' inspire Leo's pontificate.
- Amid his clash with the Trump administration over migration, Leo will travel to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Independence Day, embodying the Catholic Church's call to 'welcome the stranger.'
- Last week, Leo visited the Canary Islands to support migrants fleeing West Africa, while encouraging Italians to rediscover their Catholic faith amid secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe.
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Pope Leo XIV Honors Mother Cabrini as Model for Church on Migration
Pope Leo XIV speaks beside the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Italy, on June 20, 2026. Welcomed by about 5,000 faithful, Pope Leo visited the Parish of Santi Antonio Abate e Francesca Cabrini for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and to venerate the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini.
Pope Leo XIV recalled yesterday that the great Italian saint of migrants dreamed of the mission in the East as Saint Francis Xavier. A desire that his sisters realized in Zhejiang and Henan after his death until the forced closure with the advent of Mao. And that today continues through the scalabrinian family that chose her as patron saint in Asia.
Pope Leo sends unmistakable message on immigrants during visit honoring America’s first saint
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV used a visit Saturday honoring St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint and patron saint of immigrants, to deliver his latest appeal on behalf of them, asking Catholics to look to her example at a time when migration remains one of the defining issues of his emerging papacy. The remarks came as Leo continues to make migration a central focus of his public ministry, a position t…
Pope Leo XIV exalts first American saint Cabrini as a model for Christians for her care of migrants | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday exalted the first American saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today to care for migrants in need, as he visited her birthplace during a day trip to northern Italy.
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