The Pope declared Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, the bishop of migrants, a Saint. Born on July 8, 1839 in Fino Mornasco (Como), a priest at the age of 24 and a bishop at the age of 36, he formed the missionaries on November 28, 1887, and the missionaries sisters on October 25, 1895, later known as the Scalabrinians. With the lay association "San Raffaele," he wanted missions aboard ships, in ports, and in the countries of destination to serve Italian emigrants and all migrants who had touched his heart since they were compelled to leave Italy in quest of a better future for their families. Before his death at the age of 65 in Piacenza, he visited the missions in the United States and Brazil. Thousands of people traveled to Rome for the ceremony. "On the day Scalabrini is canonized - the Pope stated - I would want to speak about migrants: the exclusion of migrants is shameful and even criminal. The Mediterranean is the greatest graveyard in the world, as it causes them to perish before us. Exclusion of immigration is revolting, immoral, and unlawful."