Speeches 2014 May

Recitation of the Holy Rosary for the conclusion of the Marian month of May (31 May 2014)

Address of the Holy Father to children taking part in the Meeting sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Culture (31 May 2014)

Address to Charity Workers in Syria (30 May 2014)

Press Conference with the Holy Father during the return flight from the Holy Land (26 May 2014)

Meeting with priests, religious and seminarians in the Church of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem, 26 May 2014)

Courtesy visit to the President of the State of Israel in the Presidential Residence (Jerusalem, 26 May 2014)

Courtesy visit to the two chief rabbis of Israel at Heichal Shlomo Center, next to the Jerusalem Great Synagogue (Jerusalem, 26 May 2014)

Visit to the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem (26 May 2014)

Visit to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in the building of the Great Council on the Esplanade of the Mosques (Jerusalem, 26 May 2014)

Ecumenical Celebration on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras (Jerusalem, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, 25 May 2014)

Common Declaration of Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I - Private Meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople at the Apostolic Delegation of Jerusalem (25 May 2014)

Welcoming ceremony at the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport (Tel Aviv, 25 May 2014)

Greeting to children of the refugee camp of Dheisheh, Aida and Beit Jibrin at the Phoenix Center of Dheisheh refugee camp (Bethlehem, 25 May 2014)

Meeting with Palestinian authorities (Bethlehem, 25 May 2014)

Meeting with refugees and young people with disabilities in the Latin Church in Bethany beyond the Jordan (24 May 2014)

Meeting with the Authorities of the Kingdom of Jordan (Amman, 24 May 2014)

To the 66th General Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference held 19-22 May (19 May 2014)

To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico on their ad Limina visit (19 May 2014)

To the Silent Workers of the Cross Association - Center of Volunteers of Suffering (17 May 2014)

Presentation of Letters of Credence of the Ambassadors of Switzerland, Liberia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Jamaica, South Africa and India (15 May 2014)

To Rectors and Students of the Pontifical Colleges and Residences of Rome (12 May 2014)

To students and teachers from schools across Italy (10 May 2014)

To participants of the General Assembly of the Italian Conference of Secular Institutes (10 May 2014)

To participants in the meeting promoted by the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation (10 May 2014)

To participants in the meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (9 May 2014)

To participants in the Meeting of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (9 May 2014)

To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea on their ad Limina visit (9 May 2014)

To His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians with his Entourage (8 May 2014)

To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Burundi on their "ad Limina" visit (5 May 2014)

To the Pontifical Swiss Guard (5 May 2014)

To members of the Italian Catholic Action (3 May 2014)

To the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Sri Lanka on their "ad Limina" visit (3 May 2014)

To Members of the Papal Foundation (2 May 2014)

To the Council for the Economy (2 May 2014)

To the Florence and Naples Soccer Teams and a delegation from the Soccer Federation and the Series A League (2 May 2014)