Francis

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266th Pope of the Catholic Church

Beginning Pontificate	13,19.III.2013
End Pontificate	21.IV.2025
Secular Name	Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Birth	Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Website	https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html

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Francis

Pontifical Messages 2017

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) (28 December 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father for the 800th anniversary of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (6 December 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 22nd Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (5 December 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father to the participants in the Conference on Catholic Laypeople engaged in politics [Bogotà, 1- 3 December 2017] (1 December 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father to the participants in the International Symposium on “Laudato si’, Care for our Common Home, a Necessary Conversion to Human Ecology“ [Wyndham San José Herradura Hotel San José, Costa Rica, 29 November - 1 December 2017] (30 November 2017)

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Message of Pope Francis to His Holiness Bartholomew I on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew, Patron Saint of the Ecumenical Patriachate [Istanbul, 28 November - 1 December 2017] (30 November 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the Conference on Pastoral Work for Vocations [Rome, Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, 1-3 December 2017] (25 November 2017)

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Video Message of the Holy Father for the 7th Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church [Verona, 23-26 November 2017] (23 November 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of his imminent Apostolic Journey to Bangladesh [30 November - 2 Dezember 2017] (21 November 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the Conference for the 25th Anniversary of the “Populorum Progressio” Foundation (20 November 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the 32nd International Conference on the theme: “Addressing Global Health Inequalities” [New Synod Hall, 16-18 November 2017] (18 November 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of his imminent Apostolic Journey to Myanmar [26 November - 30 November 2017] (17 November 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father to participants in the 3rd International Symposium on the Apostolic Exhortation "Amoris laetitia", organized by the National Office for the Pastoral Care of the Family (11 November 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the Conference “Paul VI, the Pope of modernity: justice among peoples and love for Italy” (8 November 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23) [Bonn, 6-17 November] (7 November 2017)

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Message to the participants in the European Regional Meeting of the World Medical Association (7 November 2017)

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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the participants in the Italian Conference of Secular Institutes (23 October 2017)

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Video Message from the Holy Father Francis to young Canadians attending the “Canadian Youth Forum" (23 October 2017)

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Video message of His Holiness Pope Francis at the conclusion of the Ceremonies of the October International Pilgrimage in Fatima for the 100th Anniversary of the Final Apparition of Our Lady in Fatima (13 October 2017)

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Video Message of the Holy Father for the Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida in the Marian Year of the Jubilee of 300 Years from the discovery of the image of the Virgin Mary Aparecida (12 October 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to Card. Leonardo Sandri to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Congregation for Oriental Churches (12 October 2017)

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Message from the Cardinal 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)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 16th International Conference on Canon Law, organized by »Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo« (30 September 2017)

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

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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Vincentian family on the fourth centenary of the Vincentian Charism (27 September 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the Bolivian people on the occasion of the Bolivian bishopsʼ "ad limina Apostolorum" visit (18 September 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, to participants in the Tenth National Pilgrimage of Families for the Family, organised by Renewal in the Holy Spirit (Scafati and Pompei, 16 September 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the upcoming Apostolic Journey to Colombia [6-11 September] (4 September 2017)

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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to participants in the National Day of the Holy See at Expo 2017 in Astana (2 September 2017)

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Joint message of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the World Day of Prayer for Creation (1 September 2017)

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Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis for the International Meeting “Paths of Peace” [Münster and Osnabrück, Germany, 10-12 September 2017] (28 August 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father to the Polish pilgrims gathered to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Coronation of the image of Our Lady of Częstochowa, Queen of Poland (26 August 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father to the centre for student inmates at the prison complex of Ezeiza (Argentina) (24 August 2017)

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Message sent by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 38th Meeting for Friendship among Peoples [Rimini, 20-26 August 2017] (20 August 2017)

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Message for the opening of the 25th International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality [Monastery of Bose, Italy, 6-9 September 2017] (18 August 2017)

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Letter sent by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin 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)

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Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 3rd International Congress of "Cattedre Scholas" at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (5 July 2017)

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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to participants in the First International Catechetical Symposium [Buenos Aires, 11-14 July 2017] (5 July 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the national meeting of young people at the Shrine of Aparecida [29-30 July 2017] (3 July 2017)

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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Participants in the 40th General Conference of FAO (3 July 2017)

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Video messagge of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Bishop of Gozo (Malta) on the occasion of the inauguration of three mosaics of the Shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu (18 June 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the International Conference “Laudato si’ and Big Cities” [Rio de Janeiro, 13-15 July 2017] (12 June 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the President of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) on the occasion of the 33rd General Assembly [9-10 June, Panama], (7 giugno 2017)

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Videomessage of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Portuguese Nation [Portugal, 12-13 May 2017] (10 May 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to His Holiness Tawadros II Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (10 May 2017)

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Video message of His Holiness Pope Francis on the occasion of the TED conference in Vancouver (26 April 2017)

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Video message of His Holiness Pope Francis on the occasion of the Apostolic Journey to Egypt (24 April 2017)

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To the members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on the occasion of their Plenary Assembly [28 April - 2 May 2017] (24 April 2017)

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Video message of His Holiness Pope Francis to participants in the presentation of the Complete Works of Don Milani at the Italian Book Fair (Milan, 19-23 April 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the Superior General of the Marist Brothers on the occasion of the bicentenary of the foundation of the Congregation (10 April 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to the President of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination [New York, 27-31 March 2017] (23 March 2017)

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Video message of the Holy Father to the young people from all over the world on the occasion of the upcoming World Youth Days (27 February 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father to members of the International Association of Charities (22 February 2017)

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Message on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign 2017 of the Church in Brazil (15 February 2017)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the World Meetings of Popular Movements in Modesto [California, United States of America, 16-19 February 2017] (10 February 2017)

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The Holy See

Pontifical Messages 2017

Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 22nd Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (5 December 2017)

Video message of His Holiness Pope Francis at the conclusion of the Ceremonies of the October International Pilgrimage in Fatima for the 100th Anniversary of the Final Apparition of Our Lady in Fatima (13 October 2017)

Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 16th International Conference on Canon Law, organized by »Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo« (30 September 2017)

Message of the Holy Father to the Bolivian people on the occasion of the Bolivian bishopsʼ "ad limina Apostolorum" visit (18 September 2017)

Message for the opening of the 25th International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality [Monastery of Bose, Italy, 6-9 September 2017] (18 August 2017)

Letter sent by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin 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)

Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the International Conference “Laudato si’ and Big Cities” [Rio de Janeiro, 13-15 July 2017] (12 June 2017)

Message of the Holy Father to members of the International Association of Charities (22 February 2017)

Message on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign 2017 of the Church in Brazil (15 February 2017)