San Diego bishop dedicates sculpture honoring migrants and refugees at college campus

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San Diego bishop dedicates sculpture honoring migrants and refugees at college campus The 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture by artist Timothy Schmalz is a scaled version of one in St. Peter’s Square in Rome commissioned by Pope Francis in 2019.