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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 IN RESPONSE TO DR. ANTJE JACKELÉN, LUTHERAN ARCHBISHOP OF UPPSALA, AND TO THE DELEGATION OF THE EVANGELICAL-LUTHERAN CHURCH OF SWEDEN
[…] I would like, in addition, to express my gratitude for two things. First of all, I wish to thank…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN LIFE (CVX) - MISSIONARY STUDENTS' LEAGUE OF ITALY
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS POSED BY ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN LIFE […] May your style of brotherhood,…
POPE FRANCIS: REGINA CÆLI
After the Regina Caeli: APPEAL […] In these hours news has been coming in of another tragedy in the…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO H.E. Mr SERGIO MATTARELLA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY
[…] Lastly I should like to express my gratitude for Italy’s generous commitment to welcoming the numerous immigrants who, risking…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIETY FOR GIRLS (ACISJF)
[…] I express my gratitude for your generous commitment to serving girls who live in precarious situations of uncertainty and…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
[…] I welcome you, members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and those attending this plenary session dedicated to…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PRESIDENT OF PANAMA ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[…] I would also like to call attention to the problem of immigration. The immense disparity of opportunities among some…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
[…] And unfortunately these children are prey to criminals who exploit them for shameful trafficking or commerce, or train them…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS EASTER 2015
[…] We ask for peace, above all, for beloved Syria and Iraq, that the roar of arms may cease and…
MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE AND VARIOUS SOCIAL CATEGORIES OF THE SCAMPIA NEIGHBOURHOOD ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] We must make our immigrant brothers and sisters feel that they are citizens, that they are like us, children…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ON THEIR "AD LIMINA" VISIT
[…] I was able to attentively and carefully read your reports, with your hopes, your plans; and, together with you,…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE REGIONAL EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF NORTH AFRICA (C.E.R.N.A) ON THEIR “AD LIMINA” VISIT
[…] As a Church of encounter and dialogue, you also want to be at the service of all without distinction….
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
Special Greetings […] Let us also pray for peace in the Middle East and in North Africa, remembering all…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
Appeal I am anxiously following the distressing news from Lampedusa, where there are more dead among the immigrants due…
POPE FRANCIS: ANGELUS
After the Angelus: Dear brothers and sisters, today, 8 February, is the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese…