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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 MEMBERS OF THE ITALIAN RED CROSS
[…] Your activity, then, is even more deserving of the gratitude of every citizen because it takes place in the…
CELEBRATION OF THE SECOND VESPERS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE, HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] After their liberation, the chosen people undertook a long and difficult journey through the desert, often wavering, but drawing…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE YAZIDI COMMUNITY LIVING IN GERMANY
[…] I am also thinking of the members of your community who are still in the hands of terrorists: I…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE “WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM” ON THE OCCASION OF THE ANNUAL GATHERING IN DAVOSKLOSTERS
[…] The recurring financial instabilities have brought new problems and serious challenges that governments must confront, such as the growth…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CHILE AND PERU (15-22 JANUARY 2018) MID-DAY PRAYER WITH CONTEMPLATIVE WOMEN RELIGIOUS, HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] To be love! This means being able to stand alongside the suffering of so many of our brothers and…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CHILE AND PERU (15-22 JANUARY 2018) MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, THE CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] For example, black market mining has become a danger that is destroying people’s lives; forests and rivers are being…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CHILE AND PERU (15-22 JANUARY 2018), MEETING WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF AMAZONIA, ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] The native Amazonian peoples have probably never been so threatened on their own lands as they are at present….
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CHILE AND PERU (15-22 JANUARY 2018) MEETING WITH THE POPULATION, GREETING OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Speaking of these things, allow me to bring up another painful subject. We become accustomed to using the term…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CHILE AND PERU (15-22 JANUARY 2018) MASS OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL AND PRAYER FOR CHILE: HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] Brothers and sisters, Iquique is a land of dreams (for so its name means in the Aymara language). It…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CHILE AND PERU (15-22 JANUARY 2018) MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, THE CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS: ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] The ability to listen proves most important in this nation, whose ethnic, cultural and historical diversity must be preserved…
WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION: HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
This year I wanted to celebrate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees with a Mass that invites and welcomes…
POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
After the Angelus: Dear brothers and sisters, today is the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. This morning I celebrated…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE FOR THE TRADITIONAL EXCHANGE OF NEW YEAR GREETINGS
[…] It is likewise important that the many refugees who have found shelter and refuge in neighbouring countries, especially in…
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD: WORLD DAY OF PEACE, POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
[…] As mother, Mary plays a most important role: she places herself between her Son Jesus and the people in…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING PROMOTED BY THE FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS IN EUROPE (FAFCE)
[…] Four crises in particular affect Europe at the present time: demographics – the “demographic winter” -, migration, employment and…