STATEMENTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
H. EM. Cardinal PIETRO PAROLIN

2015

• Message of the Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father, to the young people gathered in Valencia (Spain) on the occasion of the meeting organized by the Taizé Community (27 December 2015)
  [French, Italian, Portuguese]

• Rescript of the Holy Father for the establishment of the "Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector" (12 December 2015)
  [Italian, Portuguese]

• Intervention by the Holy See at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP21 [Paris, 30 November – 11 December 2015] (30 November 2015)
  [French, Italian, Portuguese]

• Closing intervention by the Secretary of State at the International Convention on the occasion of the 50th Conciliar Declaration Nostra aetate [26-28 October 2015] (Gregorian University, 28 October 2015)
  [French, Italian]

• Message sent on behalf of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna [12-13 September 2015]
  [German]

• Letter sent on behalf of the Holy Father to the Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio on the occasion of the 18th International Meeting of the Columbanian Communities to mark the 1400th anniversary of the death of Saint Columban (30 August 2015)
  [Italian]

• Message sent on behalf of the Holy Father to the Synod of the Methodist and Waldensian Churches held in Torre Pellice [23-28 August 2015]
  [Italian]

• Message sent on behalf of the Holy Father for the opening of the 36th International Meeting of Friendship among Peoples [Rimini, 20-26 August 2015] (17 August 2015)
  [French, Italian, Portuguese]

• Message sent on behalf of the Holy Father to the President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference on the occasion of the European Meeting of Young People [Ávila, 5-9 August 2015]
  [Spanish]

• Address to participants of the high-level Conference "People and planet first: the imperative to change course" (Rome, Augustinianum, 2-3 July)
  [English]

• Statement of the Secretary of State at the UNESCO Forum entitled "Educating today and tomorrow" (Paris, 3 June 2015)
  [French]

• Address to the participants of the International Conference "Rethinking Key Features of Economic and Social Life" promoted by the "Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice" Foundation (26 May 2015)
  [English]

• Message of the Secretary of State to the participants of the Conference on "The New Climate Economy. How Economic Growth and Sustainability Can Go Hand in Hand" (20 May 2015)
  [English]

• Letter sent on behalf of the Holy Father for the celebration of the 91st National Day of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (30 March 2015)
  [Italian]

• "Lectio Magistralis" by the Cardinal Secretary of State during the "Dies Academicus" of the Pontifical Gregorian University (11 March 2015)
  [Italian]

• Message of the Secretary of State to the Ninth Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean [Principality of Monaco, 2-4 February 2015]
  [English, French, Italian]