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Here you’ll find Pope Francis’ teaching on the pastoral care of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking. The collection is updated regularly as original texts and subsequent translations become available.
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Here you’ll find Pope Francis’ teaching on the pastoral care of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking. The collection is updated regularly as original texts and subsequent translations become available.
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE DELEGATION OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE
[…]I likewise see as a positive sign the cooperation between the Catholic Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate concerning other timely…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE 41st GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
[…] There is an evident link between environmental instability, food insecurity and migratory movements. The increased numbers of refugees throughout…
MEETING ON THE THEME “THEOLOGY AFTER VERITATIS GAUDIUM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN”, PROMOTED BY THE PONTIFICAL THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF SOUTHERN ITALY – SAN LUIGI SECTION – OF NAPLES, ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] The Mediterranean has always been a place of transit, of exchanges, and sometimes even of conflicts. We are all…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE 17th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR FOR CATHOLIC CIVIL AVIATION CHAPLAINS
[…] Here I cannot fail to mention the migrants and refugees who arrive at major airports in the hope of…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE REUNION OF AID AGENCIES FOR THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES (ROACO)
[…] We hear the plea of persons in flight, crowded on boats in search of hope, not knowing which ports…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO ROMANIA [31 MAY - 2 JUNE 2019], MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND WITH THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS
[…] At the same time, it must be acknowledged that while the changes brought by the dawn of this new…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING SPONSORED BY CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS
Your Eminences, Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood, Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am pleased to have…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO MEMBERS OF THE ITALIAN FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION
[…] This is why I want to thank you for what you do. Because you help us not to forget…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS AT THE XXI PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SUPERIORS GENERAL (UISG)
[…] Third question: First of all a big thank you, Holy Father. In these days we have dealt with various…
MEETING OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS WITH THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE OF THE DIOCESE OF ROME
Pope Francis: The second trait needed – the first is humility: to listen, you must lower yourself – the second…
PRAYER MEETING WITH ROMA AND SINTI PEOPLE, WORDS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] Go forth with dignity, with work…. And when difficulties arise, look on high and you will find that there…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
[…] North Macedonia has been an independent country since 1991. The Holy See has sought to support its journey from…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO BULGARIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA [5-7 MAY 2019], MEETING WITH THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY, ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS
I would like to share with you an experience I had a few hours ago. This morning I visited the…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO BULGARIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA [5-7 MAY 2019], REMARKS OF THE HOLY FATHER
Thank you very much for your welcome. Thank you to the children, for their very beautiful song. They bring joy…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO BULGARIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA [5-7 MAY 2019], MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS
Now, at this particular moment of history, thirty years after the end of the totalitarian regime that imprisoned its liberty…