Vatican Documents

Here am I, send me (Is 6:8)

by CBCP News | Oct 12, 2020 | Statements, Vatican Documents | 0 |

I wish to express my gratitude to God for the commitment with which the Church throughout the world carried out the Extraordinary Missionary Month last October.

Full text: Pope’s address to the United Nations

by CBCP News | Sep 26, 2020 | Pastoral Concerns, Vatican Documents | 0 |

I offer cordial greetings to you, Mr President, and to all the Delegations taking part in this significant Seventy-fifth Session of the United Nations’ General Assembly.

Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee

by CBCP News | Sep 13, 2020 | Statements, Vatican Documents | 0 |

At the beginning of this year, in my Address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, I pointed to the tragedy of internally displaced people as one of the challenges of our contemporary world:

Full Text: Pope Francis’ Corpus Christi homily

by CBCP News | Jun 15, 2020 | Statements, Vatican Documents | 0 |

Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ Corpus Christi homily, delivered June 14 at the Basilica of St. Peter:

‘Stretch forth your hand to the poor’

by Roy Lagarde | Jun 14, 2020 | Vatican Documents | 0 |

“Stretch forth your hand to the poor” (Sir 7:32). Age-old wisdom has proposed these words as a sacred rule to be followed in life.

Full text: Pope Francis’ homily on Pentecost Sunday

by CNA | May 31, 2020 | Statements, Vatican Documents | 0 |

Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 31, 2020, at the Basilica of St. Peter, and checked against delivery.

Full text: Benedict XVI’s letter marking St. John Paul II’s birth centenary

by CNA | May 15, 2020 | Statements, Vatican Documents | 0 |

100 years ago, on May 18th, Pope John Paul II was born in the small Polish town of Wadowice.

Full text: Pope Francis’ message for World Communications Day 2020

by CBCP News | May 13, 2020 | Statements, Vatican Documents | 0 |

I would like to devote this year’s Message to the theme of storytelling, because I believe that, so as not to lose our bearings, we need to make our own the truth contained in good stories.