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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 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESSES
[…] The second attitude is that of service. The Eucharistic community, by sharing in the lot of Jesus the Servant,…
GREETING OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO HIS HOLINESS MAR GEWARGIS III, CATHOLICOS PATRIARCH OF THE ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST
[…] 3. On our pilgrimage towards visible unity, we experience a common suffering, arising from the dramatic situation of our…
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “THE MANAGEMENT OF A COMMON ASSET: ACCESS TO DRINKABLE WATER FOR ALL”
[…] have already proposed several considerations on this issue in the Encyclical Laudato si’’, and in the recent Message for…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS AT THE GENERAL CHAPTER OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE MISSIONARIES OF St. CHARLES (SCALABRINIANS)
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH OF THE HOLY FATHER I prepared some words to share with you but I consign these to the…
POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
[…] This Word of God expresses well the experience that we have lived in the weeks of the Synod: it…
SHARING THE WISDOM OF TIME / THE WISDOM OF TIME DIALOGUE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS WITH YOUNG AND ELDERLY
[…] Thank you. I liked that “I do not talk about politics, but I talk about humanity”. This is wise….
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS AT THE GENERAL CHAPTER OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST (PASSIONISTS)
[…] The Church today strongly perceives the call to come out of herself and go to the peripheries, both geographic…
POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
After praying the Angelus the Holy Father continued: […] I address a special thought to the Caritas Internationalis group led…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PILGRIMS FROM EL SALVADOR
[…] From here I send my greeting to all the Holy People of God who are on pilgrimage in El…
MEETING OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS WITH THE SEMINARIANS FROM LOMBARDY
[…] You have said “the cross of doubt”, and I am answering you regarding the inner doubt, the doubt that…
MEETING OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE HOLY FATHER AND THE SYNOD FATHERS, ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] And then, this concreteness also in welcoming. So many of your examples, which you have given today, are about…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL STATE POLICE ASSOCIATION
[…] When legality and security are lacking, the weakest are the first to be damaged, because they have fewer means…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA [22-25 SEPTEMBER 2018] ECUMENICAL MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] So yes, let us repeat his words: “Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA [22-25 SEPTEMBER 2018] HOLY MASS, HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS
[…] The first thing John mentions is that Mary “stands near the cross of Jesus”, close to her Son. She…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA [22-25 SEPTEMBER 2018] HOLY MASS, HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS
[…] Jesus, knowing what the disciples were discussing, provided them with an antidote to their struggles for power and their…