Ibrahima Lo

Ibrahima Lo is a 24-year-old Senegalese who migrated to Italy at the age of 16. He had a notable private meeting with Pope Francis in July, during which he shared his harrowing journey from Senegal to Italy through Libya. Ibrahima deeply appreciates the Pope's compassion and advocacy for the marginalized, recalling how Francis comforted him about the unseen wounds of conflict, and he feels a profound loss with the Pope's passing, seeing him as a champion for the invisible and voiceless.