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. ...read more

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. ...read more

I am happy to begin my visit by sharing this moment of prayer with you. I thank Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline for his words of welcome, and I greet Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, ...read more

To my mind, the most striking image from the Instrumentum Laboris happens to be the most traditional. ...read more

Pope Francis is heading to Marseille, France this weekend on his 44th Apostolic Journey abroad. ...read more

In today's catechesis, Pope Francis speaks on the witness of  St. Daniel Comboni, an apostle with zeal for Africa. ...read more

The migratory flows of our times are the expression of a complex and varied phenomenon that, to be properly understood, requires a careful analysis of every aspect of its different stages, ...read more

The recently concluded World Youth Day in Portugal (August 1-6, 2023) included a number of ecumenical and interreligious experiences, opportunities, and lessons that garnered praise and criticism in Catholic and non-Catholic circles alike. ...read more

In our catecheses, we continue to meet passionate witnesses to the proclamation of the Gospel. ...read more

Saint John Paul II would often say that “the Church must breathe with her two lungs!” (Ut Unum Sint #54) ...read more