STATEMENTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

H. EM. Cardinal PIETRO PAROLIN

2017

• Greeting of the Cardinal Secretary of State on the occasion of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital initiative: "Dear Pope Francis, I give you a drawing" (Palidoro, 19 December 2017)
  [Italian]
  
  
• Message sent by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Holy Father to the participants in the 40th European Meeting of Young Adults organized by the Taizé Community [Basel, 28 December 2017– 1 January 2018] (28 December 2017)
  [French]

• Holy Mass to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the earth quake in Norcia (Central Italy), presided over by  Card. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State (29 October 2017)
  [Italian]

• Statement by the Secretary of State, Card. Pietro Parolin, at the Conference sponsored by the Commission of the Bishopsʼ Conferences of the Europe Community (COMECE): (Re)Thinking Europe. A Christian contribution to the future of the European project (Vatican City, 27 October 2017)
  [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

• Statement by the Secretary of State at the International Summit "Water and climate. Meeting of the great rivers of the world"
  (23 October 2017)
  [Italian, Spanish]

• Statement by the Secretary of State at the Congress on"Child Dignity in the Digital World" [Pontifical Gregorian University, 3-6 October 2017] (3 October 2017)
  [English, Italian]

• Message sent by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Holy Father to the participants in the 24th World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea [Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1 - 7 October 2017] (3 October 2017)
  [English, Spanish]

• Holy Mass for Vatican Cityʼs Corps of Gendarmes to celebrate the Feast of Archangel Michael (29 September 2017)
  [Italian]

• Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) [Minsk (Belarus), 28 September - 1 October 2017] (28 September 2017)
  [English, Italian]

• Letter sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father, to the participants in the Fourth High Level Conference on "Our Ocean, an Ocean for Life" [Malta, 5-6 October 2017] (27 September 2017)
  [English, Italian, Portuguese]

• Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, to participants in the tenth National Pilgrimage of Families for the Family, organized by Renewal in the Holy Spirit (16 September 2017)
  [Italian]
  
  
• Message from the Secretary of State on behalf of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 38th Meeting for Friendship amongst Peoples [Rimini, 20-26 August 2017] (20 August 2017)
  [German, Italian]
  
  
• Letter sent by the Cardinal Secretary on behalf of the Holy Father to the Bishop of Avila on the occasion of the International Encounter of the World Movement of Christian workers (11 July 2017)
  [Spanish]
  
  
• Welcoming speech of the Cardinal Secretary of State at the Inaugural Session of the 40th General Conference of FAO  (3 July 2017)
  [Italian, Spanish]

• Letter sent by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to the President of the United Mexican States, President of the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
  [English, Italian]

• Pilgrimage of His Holiness Pope Francis to Fátima: Homily delivered by Card. Pietro Parolin - Vigil Mass (12 May 2017)
  [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]

• Letter sent by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 93rd National Day of the Catholic University (30 April 2017) (30 April 2017)
  [Italian]

• Letter sent by the Cardinal Secetary of State on behalf of the Holy Father to the 10th Forum for the Future of Agriculture [Brussels, 28 March 2017] (28 March 2017)
  [English, Italian]