Messages of Pope Francis

Lenten Penance and the Synodal Journey  Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2023

“Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all” (Gal 6:9-10). Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2022

“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem” (Mt 20:18). Lent: a Time for Renewing Faith, Hope and Love. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2021

“We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2020.  

“For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God” (Rm 8: 19), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2019.  

Because of the increase of inquity, the love of many will grow cold (Mt 24:12), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2018.  

The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2017.  

I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13). The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2016. 

Make your hearts firm (James 5:8). Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2015. 

He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich (cf. 2 Cor 8:9). Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2015. 

Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees  2023

Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees  2022

Towards An Ever Wider “We". Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees  2021

Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee. Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating internally displaced persons.  Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees  2020

“It is not just about migrants”, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees  2019.

Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants and refugees,  Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees  2018.

Child Migrants, the Vulnerable and the Voiceless, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2017.

Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us. The Response of the Gospel of Mercy, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees  2016.

Church without frontiers, Mother to all Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2015.

Migrants and Refugees: Towards a Better World, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis  for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2014.

No one can be saved alone. Combatting Covid-19 together, embarking together on paths of peace Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LIII World Day of Peace 2023

Dialogue Between Generations, Education and Work:Tools for Building Lasting Peace. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LIII World Day of Peace 2022.

A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LIII World Day of Peace 2021.

Peace as a journey of hope: dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LIII World Day of Peace 2020.

Good politics is at the service of peace, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LII World Day of Peace 2019.

Migrants and refugees: men and women in search of peace, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LI World Day of Peace 2018.

Nonviolence: a Style of Politics for Peace, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the L World Day of Peace 2017.

Overcome Indifference and Win Peace, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the XLIX World Day of Peace 2016.

No longer slaves, but brothers and sisters, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the XLVIII World Day of Peace  2015.

Fraternity, the foundation and path to peace, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the XLVII World Day of Peace  2014.

“Take care of him”. Compassion as a synodal exercise of healing. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 28th World Day of the Sick 2023. 

“Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36). Standing beside those who suffer on a path of charity.  Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 28th World Day of the Sick 2022.

“You have but one teacher and you are all brothers” (Mt 23:8). A trust-based relationship to guide care for the sick. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 28th World Day of the Sick 2021.

“Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 28th World Day of the Sick 2020.

“You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 27th World Day of the Sick 2019.

Mater Ecclesiae: “Behold, your son... Behold, your mother.
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.” (Jn 19:26-27), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 26th World Day of the Sick 2018.

Amazement at what God has accomplished: “The Almighty has done great things for me…” (Lk 1:49), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 25th World Day of the Sick 2017.

Entrusting Oneself to the Merciful Jesus like Mary: “Do whatever he tells you” (Jn 2:5), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 24th World Day of the Sick 2016.

Sapientia Cordis "I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame” 
(Job 29:15),  Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 23th World Day of the Sick 2015.

Faith and Charity: “We Ought to Lay Down Our Lives for One Another” (1 Jn 3:16), Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 22th World Day of the Sick  2014.

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation  (2023)

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation  (2022)

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation (2021)

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation  (2020)

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation (2019)

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of prayer for the Care of Creation (2018)

Joint Message of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the World  Day of prayer for Creation  (2017)