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Pope Visits Northern Italy to Honor First American Saint
The pope visited the birthplace of Mother Frances Cabrini on Saturday and praised her work with migrants. He prayed at her tomb and led an evening prayer service during a day trip to northern Italy.
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The pope visited Sant’Angelo Lodigiano near Milan on Saturday and exalted Mother Frances Cabrini as a model for caring for migrants. He prayed before her tomb in a basilica named for her and presided over an evening prayer service.
Cabrini the patron saint of migrants, cared for Italian immigrants in the United States at the turn of the last century. She also built schools, hospitals and orphanages in other countries. After her death in 1917 as a naturalised U.S. citizen in Chicago, she was beatified and then canonised in 1946 as the first American saint.
The visit forms part of the pope’s summertime tour of Italian cities.
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