Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first World Meeting of Popular Movements

The tenth anniversary of Pope Francis' first meeting with popular movements, which took place in October 2014, will be commemorated in Rome with a symposium at the headquarters of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

‘Planting a flag in the face of dehumanization’ is the title of the initiative organized by the World Meeting of Popular Movements (EMMP) and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD) to be held on 20 September. 

The Symposium aims to dialogue and reflect on the path traveled since the first meeting, addressing the current challenges in favor of ‘social justice and peace in our common home’. 

The World Meeting of Popular Movements (EMMP) is a space of brotherhood between grassroots organizations from the five continents and a platform that promotes the culture of encounter in favor of the “3Ts” (roof, land, and work - techo, tierra y trabajo, in Spanish) with the motto: ‘no family without housing, no peasant without land, no worker without rights, no person without the dignity that comes from work’.

The tenth-anniversary event will be attended by representatives of the Church and the Popular Movements, including the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny, Juan Grabois, Xaro Castelló and Joao Pedro Stedile. A message from the Holy Father is also planned.

In addition, a digital book (e-book) compiling the messages that Pope Francis has addressed to the Popular Movements and other texts that address the 3Ts will be presented, as well as a commemorative video for this tenth anniversary. 

 The Symposium will take place on Friday, September 20, at 10:00 a.m. (Rome time) and can be followed on the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development's YouTube channel.