Nuove povertà e migrazioni

The 2026 edition of the series “Ponti di Pace – Incontri tra Saperi e Culture”, promoted by the MEIC – Pax Christi group “Punto Pace di Vercelli”, in collaboration with the Archdiocese and UPO, continues the journey “With the City and for Peace”, a path accompanying the Vercelli campus towards its eighth centenary (1228–2028).

On 7 February 2026 (9:45–12:15), the workshop on “New Forms of Poverty and Migration – Is a Convergence between Society and the Church Possible? Magisterium and Research in Dialogue” will be held at the Sant’Eusebio Hall of the Seminary of Vercelli.

Speakers:

• Monsignor Giancarlo Perego (Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, President of the Episcopal Commission for Migration and of the Migrantes Foundation).

• Irene Ponzo (Deputy Director of MiDiS).

Chair and organiser: Silvia Fazzo (President of the Degree Programme in Philosophy and Communication – University of Eastern Piedmont).

The programme is available here.

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