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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 WORLD OF LABOUR: ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Work is not only necessary for the economy, but for the human person, for his dignity, for his citizenship,…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
Special greetings: […] This coming Saturday is the World Day for Refugees, sponsored by the United Nations. Let us…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE WORLD SEMINAR FOR CATHOLIC CIVIL AVIATION CHAPLAINS SPONSORED BY THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLE
[…] The airport is a place of encounter for many people who travel for work, tourism or other reasons; Migrants…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
Special greetings: […] I address a warm welcome to Italian-speaking faithful. I greet … the Christian refugees from Ghana…
HOLY MASS: HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Some wish to incite and foment this atmosphere deliberately, mainly those who want conflict between different cultures and societies,…
MEETING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE: ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] I know the doubts and the hopes that you have in your hearts. Some of these have been expressed…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON THEIR "AD LIMINA" VISIT
[…] There is no place for indifferent pastors of the Church in the pastoral and charitable care of immigrants, especially…
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
25. […] For example, changes in climate, to which animals and plants cannot adapt, lead them to migrate; this in…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ITALIAN CHRISTIAN WORKERS' ASSOCIATIONS (ACLI) WITH THEIR FAMILIES ON THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDATION
[…] I would like to touch briefly upon three more aspects — this speech is rather long, I’m sorry. The…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE ITALIAN POLICE FORCES
[…] Moreover, in these years the action of the Police has been decisive in managing the impact of the flow…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ON THEIR "AD LIMINA" VISIT
[…] I would like you to convey to all the people of the Central African Republic the assurance of my…
POPE FRANCIS: REGINA CÆLI
[…] It is precisely Christ’s love that the Holy Spirit pours into our hearts to make everyday wonders in the…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF MOZAMBICO, ON THEIR "AD LIMINA" VISIT
[…] We all receive the water of Baptism, share in the same Eucharist, possess the same Holy Spirit, who reminds…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN CHURCHES (CEC)
[…] Today the Churches and ecclesial communities in Europe find themselves facing new and decisive challenges, which can only be…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF CONGO ON THEIR "AD LIMINA" VISIT
[…] Profound evangelization constitutes another challenge. Well, it necessarily presupposes particular attention to the actual living conditions of the peoples,…