Mediterranean Meetings
OIEC General Secretary Hervé Lecomte and Juan Antonio Ojeda Ortiz were in Marseille for the Rencontres méditerranéennes. Invited by Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline, Pope François concluded the Rencontres méditerranéennes by devoting his speech to the dramatic situations faced by migrants and the fraternal role that everyone must play towards them.
Read Pope Francis’ closing address to the Rencontres Méditerranéennes in full
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ” 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀” 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲.
Message for the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2023
𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚,
𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒍𝒚
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆,
𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚.
𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆
𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆.
𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕,
𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆
𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉,
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆.
Prayer of Pope Francis