Santiago, Chile, Sep 6, 2018 / 13:07 pm
The Church in Chile's capital celebrated the National Day of the Migrant September 2 with a Mass of Thanksgiving and a charitable collection for the more than one million displaced people who currently live in the country.
In Santiago, Catholics of more than 20 nationalities gathered at Our Lady of Pompeii parish to celebrate the Eucharist and share their traditions. The parish is locally known as the "Latin American parish" because its members hail from many different Latin American countries.
Auxiliary Bishop Cristián Roncagliolo of Santiago presided over the Mass. He noted that the Church "is a migrant people which traverses the world and announces the Gospel, which constantly calls us to conversion."
The bishop highlighted that in the midst of different charisms, gifts, nations and rites, "the unity of the Church comes through faith – we're different but we are members of one and the same faith."