{"id":4643,"date":"2006-11-14T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T10:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/world-day-of-migrants.html"},"modified":"2006-11-14T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T10:29:02","slug":"world-day-of-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/world-day-of-migrants.html","title":{"rendered":"World Day of Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pope’s message:<\/a><\/p>\n

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On the occasion of the coming World Day of Migrants and Refugees, and looking at the Holy Family of Nazareth, icon of all families, I would like to invite you to reflect on the condition of the migrant family. The evangelist Matthew narrates that shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph was forced to leave for Egypt by night, taking the child and his mother with him, in order to flee the persecution of King Herod. Making a comment on this page of the Gospel, my venerable Predecessor, Servant of God Pope Pius XII, wrote in 1952: ‘The family of Nazareth in exile, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, emigrants and taking refuge in Egypt to escape the fury of an evil king, are the model, the example and the support of all emigrants and pilgrims of every age and every country, of all refugees of any condition who, compelled by persecution and need, are forced to abandon their homeland, their beloved relatives, their neighbors, their dear friends, and move to a foreign land.’ In this misfortune experienced by the Family of Nazareth, obliged to take refuge in Egypt, we can catch a glimpse of the painful condition in which all migrants live, especially, refugees, exiles, evacuees, internally displaced persons, those who are persecuted. We can take a quick look at the difficulties that every migrant family lives through, the hardships and humiliations, the deprivation and fragility of millions and millions of migrants, refugees and internally displaced people. The Family of Nazareth reflects the image of God safeguarded in the heart of every human family, even if disfigured and weakened by emigration. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(World Day of Migrants and Refugees is January 14)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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