In promoting integral human development, the Dicastery gives particular attention towards the “fringes of humanity”, in other words, the condition of lives affected by marginalization, abandonment, pain, deprivation, the loss of sense and hope. The poor, ill, marginalized, itinerants, circus performers, the displaced, gypsies, prisoners, the lonely and people who live and work at sea or on the road are those who benefit from the initiatives of assistance, care and human, social and spiritual promotion.
