ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO MEMBERS OF THE CONSULTA OF THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM
Clementine Hall
[…] You have gathered for the work of the Consulta, the general assembly that is
held every five years at the See of Peter. Here in the Vatican, you are, in a certain
way, at home, as you constitute an ancient Pontifical institution under the protection
of the Holy See. Since the last Consulta of 2013 the Order has grown in its
membership, in its geographical expansion with the creation of new peripheral
divisions, in the material assistance that it has offered the Church in the Holy Land,
and in the number of pilgrimages made by your members. I thank you for your
support of beneficial pastoral and cultural programmes and I encourage you to
continue your commitment, alongside the Latin Patriarchate, in addressing the
refugee crisis which in the last five years has prompted the Church to provide a
significant humanitarian response throughout the region.[…]
