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“It is not just about migrants”. That’s the WDMR2019 theme

The World Day of Migrants and Refugees will be celebrated on Sunday 29 September 2019. The theme of this 105th...

05 March, 2019

The Pope Video against Human Trafficking

There are issues where you are morally obligated to take a side, such as human trafficking. You cannot be neutral....

28 February, 2019

Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking

Human trafficking, says Pope Francis, is an “atrocious scourge,” an “aberrant plague,” an “open wound on the body of contemporary...

23 January, 2019

Points on jobs, demography and migration

Rome, 10-12 January 2019 - The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development hosted an International Research Seminar on the theme...

16 January, 2019

Peace is based on respect for each person, whatever his or her background

The World Day of Peace is marked each year on the 1st of January with a special Message by the...

03 January, 2019

Global Compact on Migration: Holy See focused on Peace, Development, Integration

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin gives two speeches at a two day intergovernmental Conference on Migration taking place...

12 December, 2018

Contemporary Migration: the opportunities beyond the Challenges

Mainz, 23 November 2018 - "Migration today is a global phenomenon, both in terms of the number of people involved...

28 November, 2018

“The Church must meet our youth in detention centers, at the borders.”

“The Church must meet our youth in detention centers, at the borders." Yadira, 29   Yadira, 29, is from a migrant background and...

27 November, 2018

“Practical Solutions to Eradicate Human Trafficking”, the Church’s commitment

UN Headquarters, November 9, 2018 - Opening Remarks by Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to...

12 November, 2018

The Archbishop of Bologna presents Pope Francis’ Speeches to Popular Movements

On Monday a 16th April 2018, a historical barrier was broken in Bologna: the one separating the Catholic Church from...

06 November, 2018