In his weekly catechesis, Pope Francis paused his usual cycle of catechesis to instead recall the experience of migrants who cross seas and deserts to reach their new homes.
On Sunday, July 7, Pope Francis will make a pastoral visit to Trieste, where he looks to continue his appeal for generous and inclusive migration policies.
In this month of June, the Holy Father has invited us to pray for migrants, who have to leave their homeland to flee from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys full of danger and violence.
Let us pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys fraught with danger and violence, may find welcome and new living opportunities in their host countries.
I offer my cordial greetings and I am grateful to each of you for having accepted the invitation of Cardinal Aveline to participate in these meetings.
Thank you for being here. Before us is the sea, a source of life, yet this place evokes the tragedy of shipwrecks, which cause death.
Pope Francis is heading to Marseille, France this weekend on his 44th Apostolic Journey abroad.
"It is not just about migrants." Read the full text of Pope Francis' homily in St. Peter's Square at Holy Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
Read the full text of Pope Francis' speech to migrants at the Caritas centre in Rabat during his two-day Apostolic Journey to Morocco.
Read Pope Francis' Message for the 2nd World Day of the Poor, taking place on November 18th. The theme is: This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him.