Second International Day of Awareness and Prayer against Human Trafficking (8 February, 2016) On February the 8th, 2016 we will celebrate the Second International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human... Read more
And you should love the stranger as yourself – Migrants & Refugees: threat or opportunity? MEETING OF THE BILATERAL COMMISSION OF THE DELEGATIONS OF THE CHIEF RABBINATE OF ISRAEL AND THE HOLY SEE’S COMMISSION... Read more
XLIX World Day of Peace 2016: Overcome Indifference and Win Peace [ DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - PL - PT ] MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE... Read more
Press Conference: Presentation of the Message for the 49° World Day of Peace (1° January 2016) - Tuesday 15 December 2015 15 December 2015, at 11.30, in the Aula Giovanni Paolo II of the Press Office of the Holy See, the Message of the Holy... Read more
Intervention by Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson at the High-Level Segment of the UN Paris Climate Change Conference (COP 21) On December the 8th, His Eminence Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and... Read more
Laudato si’ y ecología integral: Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson at the International Forum “El cuidado de la casa común” - Querétaro, México On Thursday, 12 November 2015, at the Teatro de la República in Querétaro, México, Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson gave a... Read more
Laudato si’ and the Vocation of Agriculture: FAO, Rome 26 October 2015 Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson spoke on the theme "Laudato Si' and the Vocation of Agriculture" during the... Read more
Celebration on the occasion of the XIII Anniversary of the death of the Servant of God, Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân - 16 September 2015 The 13th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God Card. François Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân takes place on 16... Read more
International Seminar “Beyond sustainable development: integral ecology” (Milan, 10 September, 2015) The Center for International Solidarity together with the Center for the Social Doctrine of the Church of Università... Read more
The theme of the Message for the XLIX World Day of Peace 2016 A communiqué from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Pope Francis announces the theme of the... Read more
Institution of the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” (1st September) Français Deutsch Español Italiano Portugues __________________________________________________ To my Venerable... Read more
The Summit of Conscience for Climate - Paris, 21 July 2015 People from many of the world’s religions and wisdoms met in Paris on July 21, 2015, for the World Summit of... Read more
Card. Turkson to UN High Level Event on Climate Change. A Statement The United Nations hosted a high-level meeting on climate change on Friday in New York, and UN Secretary-General Ban... Read more
1 July at 11.30 am, Holy See Press Centre -- People and Planet First: the Imperative to Change Course The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the International Alliance of Catholic Development Organisations... Read more
II World Meeting of Popular Movements From 7th to 9th of July, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, the II Meeting of popular movements wil take... Read more
Safeguard of the environment is safeguard of humanity - an interview to Msgr. Mario Toso This interview, in the original version on www.rossoporpora.org, appears in English translation in the upcoming issue... Read more
PRESS CONFERENCE: presentation of His Holiness Pope Francis’ Encyclical «Laudato si’, on the care of our common home» Accredited journalists are informed that on Thursday, 18 June 2015, at 11 am in the New Synod Hall in Vatican City, a... Read more
Documents available: International Conference “Women and the post-2015 Development Agenda: The challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ” Rome, 22-24 May 2015 2015 is a crucial year for the international community. Indeed, the United Nations is elaborating a new post-2015... Read more
A minute for peace: Yes to dialogue and No to violence A minute. Just a minute to dedicate to peace. This is the initiative launched by the Argentinian Catholic Action on the... Read more
Cardinal Turkson on Africa Day 2015 - Vatican Radio Speaking on the occasion of Africa Liberation Day or Africa Freedom Day being celebrated by many African... Read more
Caritas Internationalis General Assembly: Human Development in a changing Environment During the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis, held in Rome from 12 to 17 May 2015, Cardinal Peter K. A.... Read more
Press Conference: International Conference Women and the post-2015 development agenda - The challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) At 11:30 am this morning, 21 May 2015, in the John Paul II Hall of the Holy See Press Office, the press conference of... Read more
Expanding the Catholic Church's Commitment to the Ebola Emergency Response: a special initiative and funding San Calisto, March 2015 Dear Representative of Religious Congregations and Catholic-Inspired Organizations... Read more
Integral ecology and the horizon of hope: A Lenten Lecture by Card. Turkson Trócaire, the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland, organises annually a Lenten... Read more