St Patrick was a slave and a migrant with no papers, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Amargh said.
He reminded those celebrating St Patrick’s feast day last Friday to remember the plight of migrants.
“As Irish people, we cannot think of Patrick without acknowledging the enormous humanitarian and pastoral challenges facing growing numbers of people who find themselves displaced and without status in our world”, he said. Read more.
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