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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 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SUPERIORS GENERAL (UISG)
[…] It is true that women are excluded from decision-making processes in the Church: not excluded, but the presence of…
POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI
[…] Before departing from his friends, Jesus, referring to the event of his death and Resurrection, said to them: “You…
CONFERRAL OF THE CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…]The capacity for dialogue If there is one word that we should never tire of repeating, it is this:…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE GENERAL CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF MERCY (MERCEDARIANS) ON THE EIGHTH CENTENARY OF ITS FOUNDING
[…] On the eighth centenary of the Order, do not cease “proclaiming the year of the Lord’s grace” to all…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ITALIAN DIOCESAN CARITAS
[…] I would also like to encourage you to continue the efforts and closeness with migrants. The phenomenon of migration,…
POPE FRANCIS: REGINA CÆLI
After the Regina Caeli: Dear brothers and sisters, I thank those who accompanied in prayer the visit that I…
VISIT TO REFUGEES SPEECHES OF HIS BEATITUDE IERONYMOS, ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND OF ALL GREECE, OF HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW, ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND OF POPE FRANCIS
POPE FRANCIS Dear brothers and sisters, I have wanted to be with you today. I want to tell…
MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE OF LESVOS AND WITH THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY. A REMEMBERING OF THE VICTIMS OF MIGRATION
Prime Minister, Distinguished Authorities, Dear Brothers and Sisters, I have wanted to visit Lesvos ever since migrants arrived here…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
Special greetings: Next Saturday [16 April] I shall go to the island of Lesbos, through which in recent months…
POPE FRANCIS: REGINA CÆLI
[…] From that time, these same sentiments enliven the Church, the Community of the Risen One. All of us are…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS EASTER 2016
[…] The Easter message of the risen Christ, a message of life for all humanity, echoes down the ages and…
GOOD FRIDAY: PASSION OF THE LORD: WAY OF THE CROSS LED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] We instinctively try to run away from suffering, because suffering is repugnant to us. We come across so many…
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] But this is only the beginning. The humiliation of Jesus reaches its utmost in the Passion: he is sold…
POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION AMORIS LÆTITIA OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS CHRISTIAN MARRIED COUPLES AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL ON LOVE IN THE FAMILY
Every family should look to the icon of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Its daily life had its share of…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE 2016 HARVARD WORLD MODEL UNITED NATIONS
[…] The issues and challenges you discuss are not faceless. For each of you can articulate the hopes and dreams,…