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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.

There are two ways to use this resource,

  1. search keywords (using the search bar),
  2. or READ the complete Collection online.
  

READ the Pope’s Foreword to the Collection

  

READ the Introduction to the Collection

16 March 2016 | General Audience

POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE

[…] We too can experience a sort of exile at times, when loneliness, suffering, death make us think we have…

6 March 2016 | Angelus

POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS

After the Angelus: […] As a concrete sign of commitment to peace and life, I want to mention and express…

2 March 2016 | General Audience

POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE

[…] Think of the many refugees who land in Europe and do not know where to go. Now, the Lord…

28 February 2016 | Angelus

POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS

After the Angelus:   Dear brothers and sisters, my prayer, and undoubtedly yours as well, always includes the dramatic situation…

24 February 2016 | General Audience

POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE

[…] This is exactly what happened in the episode of Naboth’s vineyard. Jezebel, the queen, in an unscrupulous manner, decides…

21 February 2016 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON "MIGRATION AND PEACE"

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I extend to you my cordial greeting, with deep appreciation for your invaluable work. I thank…

21 February 2016 | Angelus

POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS

After the Angelus:   […] Lent is an opportune time to travel a path of conversion that has mercy at…

17 February 2016 | Address of His Holiness, Greeting, Speeches

MEETING WITH THE WORLD OF LABOUR: ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] What kind of world do we want to leave our children? I believe that the vast majority of us…

17 February 2016 | Homily

HOLY MASS: HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] Here in Ciudad Juárez, as in other border areas, there are thousands of immigrants from Central America and other…

14 February 2016 | Angelus

ANGELUS

[…] I invite you today to be on the front line, to be first in all the initiatives which help…

13 February 2016 | Address of His Holiness, Meeting, Speeches

MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF MEXICO: ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] Allow me a final word to convey the appreciation of the Pope for everything you are doing to confront…

13 February 2016 | Address of His Holiness, Greeting, Speeches

MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS: ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] I believe and I dare to say that Mexico’s principal richness today has a young face; yes, this richness…

12 February 2016 | Meeting, Speeches

MEETING OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS WITH HIS HOLINESS KIRILL, PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia   […] 10. Thousands of victims have…

11 February 2016 | Apostolic Letters

APOSTOLIC LETTER ISSUED «MOTU PROPRIO» BY THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS SANCTUARIUM IN ECCLESIA transferring competences for Shrines to the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization

4. […] Through the spirituality proper to each Shrine, pilgrims are guided by the “pedagogy of evangelization”[6] to a more…

7 February 2016 | Angelus

POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS

After the Angelus: […] Tomorrow the Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking will be celebrated. It will give…

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