This timely and unique collection of Church documents on the pastoral care of migrants

• outlines the principal reasons why we cannot remain indifferent to the plight of migrants, refugees and itinerant people;

• helps us to develop a sense of fraternity with immigrants who, far from being a problem or a burden, often enrich the communities they enter;

• will assist especially religious and civil leaders, seminarians and pastoral workers as they seek to understand better the different cultural backgrounds and beliefs of the people to whom they are called to help and to minister.