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Celebration of the Earth Day with the FAO and Future Food Institute

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:16:13 +0200

With FAO and Future Food Institute, and aligned with Laudato si' and Ecology and Food priorities of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission

The Road to Cop15: A Laudato Si’ inspired Biodiversity Webinar

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:31:09 +0200

With Cardinal Peter Turkson and invited guest Dr. Jane Goodall.

11th World Circus Day: message of Card. Turkson now online

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:21:05 +0200

On the 11th World Circus Day, from Card. Peter K.A. Turkson a message of encouragement, which focuses on the responsibility and the culture of encounter recalled by Pope Francis in the Fratelli Tutti

World Health Day 2021: Message of Card. Turkson

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:16:19 +0200

Card. Turkson's text for World Health Day 2021

Presentation of the Document "Pastoral Orientations on Climate Displaced People"

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:02:16 +0200

Press conference by the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Sister Alessandra Smerilli appointed Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:59:56 +0100

Congratulations from the Dicastery. Here a declaration of Sr. Smerilli

WASH conditions in Catholic health facilities

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:49:50 +0100

WASH conditions in Catholic health facilities

Accompanying people in psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:47:00 +0100

MEMBERS OF ONE BODY, LOVED BY ONE LOVE
Accompanying people in psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Five public conversations inspired by Aqua fons vitae

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:48:37 +0100

Regarding the next World Water Day, Dicastery announces a week of webinars March 22- 26 #AquaFonsVitae

Women in the Covid-19 crisis. Read the new transversal newsletter from Vatican Covid-19 Commission

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 12:59:50 +0100

The new transversal Executive Summary-Newsletter the Vatican Covid-19 Commision

COVID-19 Resource kit for Church leaders: now online

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:29:29 +0100

The tool is designed to support parish priests and staff in diocesan offices and health and social service agencies

XIV World Rare Disease Day 2021

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 13:51:00 +0100

Message of His Eminence Peter Cardinal Kodwo A. Turkson Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Pandemic: a webinar by the Vatican Covid-19 Commission with the Diplomatic Corps of the Holy See

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:30:00 +0100

A webinar held by the Vatican Covid Commission with the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See to discuss the post-pandemic world. Here is the Note from the Holy See Press Office

Message of Pope Francis for Lent 2021

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:35:00 +0100

“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem” (Mt 20:18) Lent: a Time for Renewing Faith, Hope and Love

Presentation of document "Old age: our future"

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:34:39 +0100

Pontifical Academy for Life and Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Equal access to anti COVID-19 vaccines

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:24:05 +0100

A statement from Caritas Internationalis and the Dicastery: nobody should be left out

Vatican COVID-19 Commission: now online the 2020 Annual Report

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:37:47 +0100

The COVID-19 pandemic is the crisis that marks our time, a crisis from which - as Pope Francis has repeatedly said - we can either emerge better or worse. It has exposed the inequalities and injustices that threaten the well-being, security and lives ...

The Pope of Rome, the Grand Iman of Cairo and the official International Day of Fraternity

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:18:41 +0100

Article from Card Michael Czerny, SJ eposted from www.igNation.ca - the blog of the Canadian Jesuits

World Leprosy Day 2021: the Message of Card. Turkson

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:00:52 +0100

The Pope at the Sunday Angelus: "The pandemic has confirmed the need to protect the right to health for the most fragile people"

Message Pope Francis World Day of the Sick 2021

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:11:04 +0100

A trust-based relationship to guide care for the sick

The RAOEN launch for forests, oceans and peoples

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:30:29 +0100

Towards a Church dialogue and collaboration for forests, oceans, and peoples of Asia and Oceania

Vaccine: a paper from the Vatican COVID-19 Commission and the Pontifical Academy for Life

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:52:00 +0100

Vatican lays out 20 points for a universal and fair destination of vaccines, for a fairer and healthier world

World Day of Peace Message 2021: the text of Pope Francis is online

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:57:04 +0100

Care, common good, promotion of human rights, solidarity, safeguarding of creation: COVID-19 highlighted how everything is interconnected. No peace without a culture of care, says the Pope

A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: an online webinar on disarmament organized by the Dicastery the 16th of December

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:30:11 +0100

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Georgetown University, Notre Dame University and Catholic Peacebuilding Newtork together to stress the link among peace, disarmament, health security in a time of pandemic, following the new ...

"We must raise our ambitions at all levels" Card. Turkson on the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0100

Message from Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson on the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and celebration of Climate Ambition Summit

Iraqi-Syrian crisis: a meeting with more than 50 Catholic agencies

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:16:00 +0100

The humanitarian emergency, the tragedy of the refugees, the flight of Christians from their places of origin: these are some of the topics at the centre of the meeting promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to reflect on ...

There is no vaccine for climate change: Church, youth and science call for a Climate Ambition Summit that lives up to its name

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:12:00 +0100

“The crisis invites us to replan our journeys, to build new models, towards an ecological conversion” Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson remarks during a high-level panel prepared by Vatican Covid-19 Commission

Vatican Covid-19 Commission and its partners organize a webinar Climate Ambition Summit

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:12:57 +0100

Wednesday 9th of December at 2 pm (CET)

The new website dedicated to Fratelli tutti now online

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:15:57 +0100

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announces the special website dedicated to Pope Francis' Encyclical

World Fisheries Day Message 2020

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 11:53:25 +0100

Message for World Fisheries Day Message 2020 from Card. Peter K.A. Turkson Prefect

The Economy of Francesco - international online event

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:26:00 +0100

International online event, November 19-21, 2020. From Assisi

Art Impact 4 Health & SDGs Exhibit: a delegation of the Dicastery at the UN in Geneva

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:03:00 +0100

Alessio Pecorario spoke as a panelist to present integral human development in the context of SDGs

The International Association of Civil Aviation Chaplains (IACAC): the pandemic is an opportunity to rethink what matters in life

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:35:22 +0200

"Challenges of chaplaincy in the changing aviation world" is the title of a conference held on October 20

World Meeting of Popular Meetings with Vatican

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:03:54 +0200

Popular movements and the Vatican meet to discuss land, roof and work and Fratelli tutti

TED Talks, the Pope: change is needed, the current economic system is unsustainable

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:51:00 +0200

Education for the care of the common home, the right to safe drinking water, energy transition: the three concrete proposals of Francis

A study and working group on mental health at the time of COVID-19

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 22:42:29 +0200

By the end of October a text of a pastoral nature will be ready, under the supervision of the Secretary Msgr. Bruno Marie Duffé

ENCYCLICAL LETTER "Fratelli tutti" on Fraternity and Social Friendship

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:15:51 +0200

Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis on fraternity and social friendship

The Third "Giornata delle Catacombe" in the programme of initiatives of the Laudato si' Year

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:30:32 +0200

The event organised by the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology will have the Laudato si' as its theme and will be included in the programme of initiatives of the Special Year announced by the Pope

To Heal the World. Catechesis on the Pandemic

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:56:23 +0200

The book "To Heal the World. Catechesis on the Pandemic" (E-Book) published by the Librería Editrice Vaticana gathers the nine Catecheses of Pope Francis on the Covid-19 Pandemic during his General ...

Crisis and Health Rosary

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 09:48:00 +0200

Pray the Holy Rosary in times of pandemic and illness with the new Crisis & Health Rosary

Po Delta, October 4th : The inauguration of the “Laudato si’ Garden”

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:16:00 +0200

"Together, as a community, we can concretely come out of the crisis", so Card. Turkson who took part in the event inaugurating also the Living Chapel created by Arch. Mario Cucinella. The red line which links Laudato si' and the new Encyclical of ...

Letter of Cardinal Turkson on the occasion of the Centenary of the Stella Maris

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:58:21 +0200

The centenary of Stella Maris (apostolate of the sea) is celebrated Sunday, October 4, 2020

Preparing the future together with Jesus who saves and heals #CatechesisCovid

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:49:05 +0200

Ninth and last catechesis on the Covid-19 "Healing the world" pandemic in the light of the Gospel, the theological virtues and the principles of the Church's social doctrine

Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Seventy-fifth Meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:09:12 +0200

“The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need: Reaffirming our Joint Commitment through Multilateralism”

Subsidiarity and virtue of hope #CatechessiCovid

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:05:23 +0200

Eighth catechesis on the Covid-19 "Healing the world" pandemic in the light of the Gospel, the theological virtues and the principles of the Church's social doctrine

Care of the common home and contemplative dimension #CatechesisCovid

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:17:11 +0200

Seventh catechesis on the Covid-19 "Healing the world" pandemic in the light of the Gospel, the theological virtues and the principles of the Church's social doctrine

Post-COVID Multilateral Cooperation: a Nuclear Weapons Free World?

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:24:17 +0200

The Dicastery took part in the webinar hosted by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London in partnership with the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom

Love and the comon good: sixth #CatechesisCovid of PopeFrancis

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:54:58 +0200

Sixth catechesis on the Covid-19 "Healing the world" pandemic in the light of the Gospel, the theological virtues and the principles of the Church's social doctrine

Roma people, the first centre opened in Petrijanec in Croatia

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:41:37 +0200

Card. Turkson sent the Holy Father's Apostolic Blessing and a message of encouragement. "We have to start with the children if we want things to change," said Sister Miljak, National Roma Director for the Croatian Church

Solidarity and the virtue of faith: fifth #CatechesisCovid of Pope Francis

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:53:33 +0200

Fifth catechesis of Pope Francis on the Covid-19 pandemic "To heal the world" in the light of the Gospel, the theological virtues and the principles of the Church's social doctrine