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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.
POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
[…] At this point, Jesus turns to the lawyer and asks him: “Which of these three — the priest, the…
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE BICENTENNIAL OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
[…] In a special way I am at the side of those who suffer: the sick, those who live in…
FRANCIS APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION VULTUM DEI QUAERERE ON WOMEN'S CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE
16. […] Through intercessory prayer, you play a fundamental role in the life of the Church. You pray and intercede…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE DELEGATION OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE
[…] I thank the Lord that this past April I was able to meet my beloved brother Bartholomew when, together…
MEETING WITH CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Today Christians in particular, perhaps even more than at the time of the first martyrs, in some places experience…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
[…] Touching the excluded. Today these young people accompany me. So many people think that it would be better if…
POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
After the Angelus: […] Tomorrow is World Refugee Day, promoted by the UN, which has as its theme this year:…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
[…] How often do we feel annoyed when we see many people on the street — people in need, sick,…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
[…] This tendency – or temptation – demands something more of us. It also makes us realize the fundamental role…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONVENTION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PROMOTED BY THE ITALIAN EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE
Prepared speech by the Holy Father: […] Also decisive in this field is the involvement of families, who ask not…
STATEMENT BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE "JUDGES' SUMMIT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED CRIME" [VATICAN CITY , 3-4 JUNE 2016]
Good afternoon! I offer you a cordial greeting and once more I express my appreciation for your efforts to contribute…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
Special greetings: […] Today is the International Missing Children’s Day. It is a duty of all to protect children, especially…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS READ BY HIS EMINENCE CARD. PIETRO PAROLIN, SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST "WORLD HUMANITARIAN SUMMIT"
[…] We cannot deny that many interests today prevent solutions to conflicts, and that military, economic and geopolitical strategies displace…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LETTERS OF CREDENCE BY THE AMBASSADORS OF ESTONIA, MALAWI, NAMIBIA, THE SEYCHELLES, THAILAND AND ZAMBIA ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE
[…] Your presence here today is a poignant reminder that, though our nationalities, cultures and religious beliefs may be different,…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE CENTESIMUS ANNUS PRO PONTIFICE FOUNDATION
I offer a warm welcome to all of you and I thank your President for his kind words. In these…