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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

15 November 2015 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches

VISIT TO THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ROME ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] Otherwise, it continues to be compromised by the divisions and conflicts between the Churches and between believers. Let us…

14 November 2015 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO MEMBERS OF THE “JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE”

Dear Brothers and Sisters,   I am happy to receive you on this, the 35th anniversary of the establishment of…

12 November 2015 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF SLOVAKIA ON THEIR "AD LIMINA" VISIT

[…] I meet you with joy, Pastors of the Church in Slovakia, during this ad limina visit in which you come to…

6 November 2015 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE ITALIAN CONVENTION OF PRO-LIFE MOVEMENTS

[…] I thank you for the good you have done and that you continue to do with so much love,…

1 November 2015 | Angelus

SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS: POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS

Appeal for the Central African Republic   Dear brothers and sisters, the painful events in recent days have intensified the…

28 October 2015 | Message

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZED BY THE “SANTA MARTA GROUP”

Your Majesty, Bishops, Distinguished Authorities, Ladies and Gentlemen,   It gives me great joy and pastoral satisfaction that the Santa…

28 October 2015 | General Audience

POPE FRANCIS INTERRELIGIOUS GENERAL AUDIENCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROMULGATION OF THE CONCILIAR DECLARATION "NOSTRA AETATE"

[…] Dialogue based on confident respect can bring seeds of good that in their turn may bud into friendship and…

26 October 2015 | Meeting, Speeches

MEETING WITH THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PILGRIMAGE OF GYPSIES ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] I know the difficulties of your people. Having visited some parishes on the outskirts of Rome, I have been…

25 October 2015 | Angelus

POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS

[…] I confess that I compared this prophecy of the people on a journey with refugees trudging the streets of…

4 October 2015 | Homily

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] The drama of solitude is experienced by countless men and women in our own day. I think of the…

3 October 2015 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING SPONSORED BY THE "FONDAZIONE BANCO ALIMENTARE" (FOOD BANK FOUNDATION)

[…] Hunger today is a matter of truly “scandalous” dimensions, which threaten the life and dignity of many people —…

26 September 2015 | Homily

HOLY MASS WITH BISHOPS, CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS OF PENNSYLVANIA HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] That story is seen in the many shrines which dot this city, and the many parish churches whose towers…

25 September 2015 | Meeting, Speeches

MEETING WITH CHILDREN AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER

[…] Very near here is a very important street named after a man who did a lot for other people….

24 September 2015 | Homily

VESPERS WITH PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

[…] The other danger comes when we become jealous of our free time, when we think that surrounding ourselves with…

24 September 2015 | Address of His Holiness, Speeches, Visit

VISIT TO THE JOINT SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER

[…] In recent centuries, millions of people came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in…

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