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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 TO THE PREFECTS OF VARIOUS ITALIAN CITIES
[…] In these years characterized by the phenomenon of migration, linked to the escalation of violent conflicts in the world…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE
[…] Sadly, comparable acts of brutality, which not infrequently reap victims from among the poor and the most vulnerable, are…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS CHRISTMAS 2014
[…] Today I ask him, the Saviour of the world, to look upon our brothers and sisters in Iraq and…
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[…] Nor, in writing to you, can I remain silent about the members of other religious and ethnic groups who…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE SYRO-ANTIOCHIAN COMMUNITY
[…] So many have fled to take shelter from an inhumanity which is throwing entire populations into the streets, leaving…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE 2015
[…] I think also of the living conditions of many migrants who, in their dramatic odyssey, experience hunger, are deprived of freedom,…
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SANTA MARTA GROUP
[…] I extend greetings to you and all the delegates gathered for the conference to discuss continued efforts in the…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE FEDERATION OF CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE (FOCSIV)
[…] Many of the countries where you work know the scandal of war. Working for the development of peoples, you…
POPE FRANCIS: GENERAL AUDIENCE
[…] The last meeting — this was beautiful and also painful — was that with a group of young refugees,…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
I thank all the religious leaders gathered here for their commitment in favour of the survivors of human trafficking, and…
GREETING TO YOUNG REFUGEES ASSISTED BY THE SALESIANS ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
I have greatly desired to meet with you, youth from Turkey, Syria, Iraq and other countries of the Middle East…
ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
[…] Likewise, there needs to be a united response to the question of migration. We cannot allow the Mediterranean to…
VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE DIYANET AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Especially tragic is the situation in the Middle East, above all in Iraq and Syria. Everyone suffers the consequences…
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
[…] Turkey, which has generously welcomed a great number of refugees, is directly affected by this tragic situation on its…
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL PASTORAL CONGRESS ON THE WORLD'S BIG CITIES
[…] God continues to speak to us today, as He has always done, through the poor, through those “leftovers”. In…