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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.
MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] The Church in the United States knows like few others the hopes present in the hearts of these “pilgrims”….
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE MEETING ORGANIZED BY THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL “COR UNUM” ON THE IRAQI-SYRIAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
[…] One of the most overwhelming human tragedies of recent decades are the terrible consequences that the conflicts in Syria…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE STREET
[…] The often sad realities which you encounter are the result of indifference, poverty, domestic and social violence, and human…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 2016
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the Bull of indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy I noted that “at…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS APPOINTED OVER THE PAST YEAR
[…] I am thinking of dramatic challenges such as globalization, which brings close what is far and, on the other…
ANGELUS
APPEAL […] Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who flee death from war and hunger,…
ANGELUS
After the Angelus: […] In recent days many migrants have lost their lives in their dreadful voyages. For all…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE ON THE OCCASION OF THE MEETING "A DAY OF REFLECTION - UNITED WITH GOD, WE HEAR A CRY"
[…] You come from different situations and in various ways you experience the repercussions of mining activities, whether they are…
HOLY MASS: HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] 2. The second moment: the flight to Egypt. They had to leave, to go into exile. Not only was…
PARTICIPATION AT THE SECOND WORLD MEETING OF POPULAR MOVEMENTS: ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] As members of popular movements, you carry out your work inspired by fraternal love, which you show in opposing…
MEETING WITH CIVIL AUTHORITIES: ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] A nation which seeks the common good cannot be closed in on itself; societies are strengthened by networks of…
MEETING WITH POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CIVIC LEADERS ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Migration, overcrowded cities, consumerism, crises in the family, unemployment and pockets of poverty: all these factors create uncertainty and…
VISIT TO THE WALDENSIAN TEMPLE: ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Encouraged by this progress, we are called to continue to journey together. An area in which ample opportunities are…
WORKSHOP “MODERN SLAVERY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: THE COMMITMENT OF THE CITIES” STATEMENT OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
[…] On the other hand, why this invitation — which seems to me to have been a very fruitful idea…
MEETING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE: ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] And I pass on to answer Luigi’s question: he spoke about a project for sharing, for connecting, for building….