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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 ACADEMY FOR LIFE
[…] It is necessary to undertake a careful discernment of the complex fundamental differences present in human life: between man…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE REUNION OF AID AGENCIES FOR THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES (ROACO)
I am pleased to meet you at the conclusion of your Plenary Assembly, which this year coincides with the fiftieth…
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHERTO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE “MEAL OF ENCOUNTER” IN THE “SAINT JOHN PAUL II” CARITAS SOUP KITCHEN IN VIA MARSALA, ROME
Dear Brother and Dear Sisters, With this message I wish to encourage you to continue your journey with migrants and…
POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
[…] Next Wednesday, World Refugee Day will be observed. It is promoted by the United Nations to call attention to…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE ITALIAN MASTERS OF LABOUR FEDERATION
[…] May the Beatitudes of Jesus in the Gospel guide us along this arduous but exciting journey (cf. Mt 5:…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE "SECOND HOLY SEE-MEXICO CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION"
I greet all those taking part in this Second Holy See-Mexico Conference on International Migration, and wish especially to thank…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS AT THE MEETING FOR EXECUTIVES OF THE MAIN COMPANIES IN THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS SECTORS, AND OTHER ENERGY RELATED BUSINESSES
[…] There are also ethical reasons for moving towards global energy transition with a sense of urgency. As we know,…
JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO BARI INTRODUCTORY WORDS OF THE POPE AT THE PRAYER MEETING
[…] Yet this region so full of light, especially in recent years, has been covered by dark clouds of war,…
HOLY MASS FOR MIGRANTS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
“You who trample upon the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land… Behold the days are coming……
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM “TOWARD A GREENER ATTICA: PRESERVING THE PLANET AND PROTECTING ITS PEOPLE”
[…] I recall vividly my visit to Lesvos, together with Your Holiness and His Beatitude Hieronymos II, to express our…
POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS
After the Angelus, Pope Francis added: […] The situation in Syria is still grave, in particular in the province of…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONGRESS ORGANIZED BY THE CENTESIMUS ANNUS - PRO PONTIFICE FOUNDATION
[…] The current difficulties and crises within the global economic system have an undeniable ethical dimension: they are related to…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIAL LETTERS BY THE AMBASSADORS OF TANZANIA, LESOTHO, PAKISTAN, MONGOLIA, DENMARK, ETHIOPIA AND FINLAND ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE
[…] Among the most pressing of the humanitarian issues facing the international community at present is the need to welcome,…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 101st GERMAN CATHOLIC CONVENTION ("KATHOLIKENTAG")
Dear brothers and sisters, I cordially greet all of you on the occasion of the 101th Katholikentag taking place in…
VIDEO MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON MODERN SLAVERY
Dear brothers and sisters: I have welcomed the invitation to send a greeting to you, participants in this Forum on…