“Migrating or Staying.” The Church’s Magisterium on the Migration Phenomenon in the Post-Covid Era for an “Inclusive” Citizenship

“Nobody should be forgotten!” This is the title of the weekly bulletin of the Migrants and Refugees section of the Department for the Promotion of Integral Human Development. The lockdowns related to COVID-19 have severely weakened world economies and the number of people in poverty has increased worldwide.For this reason, the project will look at how various Catholic actors have developed guidelines to guide local communities in possible actions aimed at helping migrants and refugees during the pandemic. Alongside the initiatives carried out to deal with the pandemic emergency, the Church underlines the need for an integral approach to the migratory question, which places the human person in all its dimensions at the center, with profound respect for his dignity and his rights, among which stands out religious identity. This right is very important, because it is a constitutive element of personal identity and a factor of belonging. At the current historical moment, a reflection on the basis of the Papal Magisterium and the action of the Migrants and Refugees section of the Department for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, underlines hospitality, service, the interreligious dialogue able to promote a “dialogical” right to protection of integral human development while respecting religious identity and moving along the paths of the Church “in Exit” and “inclusive” citizenship.