KEY PAPAL DOCUMENTS
Pope Francis released his Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ on June 18, 2015 in Rome, with the subtitle, ‘On care for our common home.’
The encyclical calls on us to be protectors of one another, and of the environment.
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Pope Francis released his Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti on October 3, 2020 in Rome, with the subtitle, ‘On Fraternity and Social Friendship’.
“As I was writing this letter, the Covid-19 pandemic unexpectedly erupted, exposing our false securities…For all our hyper-connectivity, we witnessed a fragmentation that made it more difficult to resolve problems that affect us all…
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Pope Francis released his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium on November 24, 2013 in Rome, with the subtitle, ‘The Joy of the Gospel’.
“…[183]… An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely personal – always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better that we found it. We love this magnificent planet on which God has put us, and we love the human family which dwells here, with all its tragedies and struggles, its hopes and aspirations, its strengths and weaknesses. The earth is our common home and all of us are brothers and sisters. If indeed “the just ordering of society and of the state is a central responsibility of politics”, the Church “cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice”.
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PAPAL MESSAGES
World Day of Migrants and Refugees
- 110th World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2024
- 109th World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2023
- 108th World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2022
- 107th World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2021
- 106th World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2020
- 105th World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2019
- 104th World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2018
- 103rd World Day of Migrants & Refugees_2017
- 102nd World Day of Migrants & Refugees_2016
- 101st World Day of Migrants & Refugees_2015
- 100th World Day of Migrats & Refugees_2014
World Day of the Poor
- 8th World Day of the Poor_2024
- 7th World Day of the Poor_2023
- 6th World Day of the Poor_2022
- 5th World Day of the Poor_2021
- 4th World Day of the Poor_2020
- 3rd World Day of the Poor_2019
- 2nd World Day of the Poor_2018
- 1st World Day of the Poor_2017
World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly
- 4th World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly (2024)
- 3rd World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly (2023)
- 2nd World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly (2022)
- 1st World Day of Grandparents & the Elderly (2021)
Other Papal Messages
- Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Participants in the Symposium “Towards a Narrative of Hope: An International Interfaith Symposium on Palliative Care” (21-23 May 2024)
- Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to Young People for the 5th Anniversary of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Christus Vivit”(25 March 2024)
- Message of the Holy Father Pope Francis to the 2nd Global Refugee Forum (13-15 December 2023)
- Message of the Holy Father Pope Francis to the Participants in the Symposium on the Occassion of the 10th Anniversary of “Evangelii Gaudium” (24 November 2023)
- Message of the Holy Father Pope Francis to the Participants in the 6th Edition of the “Paris Peace Forum 2023” (10 November 2023)
- Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December 2022)
- Message of the Holy Father to the International Forum of Catholic Action (27 November 2022)
- Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Delegates of the 25th World Congress of Stella Maris – Apostleship of the Sea [Glasgow, 2-5 ottobre 2022] (2 October 2022)
- Message of the Holy Father for the celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (16 July 2022)
- World Economic Forum 2018
Encyclical Letters
Apostolic Exhortation
- “C’est la confiance”: Apostolic Exhortation of the Holy Father on confidence in the merciful love of God for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (15 October 2023)
- “Laudate Deum”: Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis (4 October 2023)
- “Querida Amazonia”: To the People of God and to All Persons of Good Will (2 February 2020)
- “Christus Vivit”: To Young People and to the Entire People of God (25 March 2019)
- Gaudete et Exsultate: Apostolic Exhortation on the Call to Holiness in Today’s World (19 March 2018)
- Amoris Laetitia : Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on Love in the Family (19 March 2016)
- Evangelii Gaudium : Apostolic Exhortation on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World (24 November 2013)
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