Catholic resources on modern slavery
Pope Francis
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square (Video)
1 May 2013
VIGIL OF PENTECOST WITH THE ECCLESIAL MOVEMENTS
Saint Peter's Square (Video)
18 May 2013
ADDRESS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLE (Video)
24 May 2013
ANGELUS, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Saint Peter's Square (Video)
26 May 2013
GENERAL AUDIENCE (Video)
12 June 2013
MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
Migrants and Refugees: Towards a Better World
5 August 2013
MEETING WITH WORKERS
Largo Carlo Felice, Cagliari, Sardinia (Video)
22 September 2013
ADDRESS TO THE NEW AMBASSADORS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LETTERS OF CREDENCE
12 December 2013
URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE CHRISTMAS 2013 (Video)
25 December 2013
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH, ANGELUS
Saint Peter’s Square (Video)
29 December 2013
MESSAGE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE
1 January 2014
ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE (Video)
13 January 2014
MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE LENTEN BROTHERHOOD CAMPAIGN IN BRAZIL
25 February 2014
Human Trafficking, an open wound on society
10 April 2014
ADDRESS TO MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC CHILD BUREAU (BICE)
11 April 2014
POPE FRANCIS TO THE SANTA MARTA GROUP (Video)
28 April 2014
HOLY MASS, HOMILY
Manger Square, Bethlehem (Video)
25 May 2014
MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 103rd SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
Geneva, 28 May 2014
ADDRESS TO HIS GRACE JUSTIN WELBY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND HIS ENTOURAGE
16 June 2014
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SANTA MARTA GROUP
London, 5-6 December 2014
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE 1 JANUARY 2015
NO LONGER SLAVES, BUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD.
48th WORLD DAY OF PEACE
ANGELUS
Saint Peter’s Square, 1st January 2015
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
48th WORLD DAY OF PEACE
HOMILY
Vatican Basilica, 1st January 2015
ANGELUS
Saint Peter’s Square, 4 January 2015
HOLY MASS ON THE OCCASION OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Vatican Basilica, 6 January 2015
ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE
Sala Regia, 12 january 2015
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO SRY LANKA AND THE PHILIPPINES. PRESS CONFERENCE ONBOARD THE FLIGHT FROM COLOMBO TO MANILA
Papal Flight, 15 January 2015
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO SRY LANKA AND THE PHILIPPINES. MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
Sports field of Santo Tomás University, Manila, 18 January 2015
ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE FOR THE TRADITIONAL EXCHANGE OF NEW YEAR GREETINGS
Sala Regia, 11 January 2016
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO MEXICO. MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
National Palace, Mexico City, 13 February 2016
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO MEXICO
HOMILY
Ciudad Juárez Fair Grounds, 17 February 2016
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO MEXICO. MEETING WITH THE WORLD OF LABOUR
Bachilleres College, State of Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, 17 February 2016
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO MEXICO. IN-FLIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE FROM MEXICO TO ROME
Papal Flight, 17 February 2016
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square, 24 February 2016
JOINT DECLARATION
OF HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW, ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE,
OF HIS BEATITUDE IERONYMOS, ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL GREECE
AND OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
Mòria Refugee Camp, Lesvos, 16 April 2016
ADDRESS TO THE AMBASSADORS OF ESTONIA, MALAWI, NAMIBIA, THE SEYCHELLES, THAILAND AND ZAMBIA
ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE
Clementine Hall, 19 May 2016
STATEMENT TO THE "JUDGES' SUMMIT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED CRIME"
Casina Pio IV – Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Vatican City, 3 June 2016
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO ARMENIA. COMMON DECLARATION OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS AND HIS HOLINESS KAREKIN II AT HOLY ETCHMIADZIN, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Etchmiadzin, Apostolic Palace, Sunday, 26 June 2016
LETTER FOR THE BICENTENNIAL OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
9 July 2016
MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 2017
“Child Migrants, the Vulnerable and the Voiceless”
8 September 2016
JUBILEE AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square, 10 September 2016
GREETING TO MEMBERS OF THE "SANTA MARTA GROUP"
Consistory Hall, 27 October 2016
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO SWEDEN. IN-FLIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE FROM SWEDEN TO ROME
Papal Flight, 1 November 2016
ADDRESS
TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE 3rd WORLD MEETING OF POPULAR MOVEMENTS
Paul VI Audience Hall, 5 November 2016
GREETING TO THE SECOND EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY OF RENATE
Clementine Hall, 7 November 2016
ADDRESS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN UNION OF THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVES (UNIAPAC)
Sala Regia, 17 November 2016
LETTER TO BISHOPS ON THE FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS
From the Vatican, 28 December 2016
MESSAGE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH WORLD DAY OF PEACE
1 January 2017
ADDRESS
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE
FOR THE TRADITIONAL EXCHANGE OF NEW YEAR GREETINGS
Sala Regia, 9 January 2017
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall, 8 February 2017
ADDRESS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON "MIGRATION AND PEACE"
21 February 2017
Pope Benedict XVI
ENCYCLICAL LETTER SPE SALVI TO THE BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS, MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL ON CHRISTIAN HOPE
30 November 2007
ADDRESS TO H.E. MR. REINHARD SCHWEPPE, NEW AMBASSADOR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO THE HOLY SEE
7 November 2011
Pope St. John Paul II
EVANGELIUM VITAE
To the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women religious, Lay Faithful, and all People of Good Will on the Value and Inviolability of Human Life
25 March 1995
Incarnationis Mysterium
BULL OF INDICTION OF THE GREAT JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000 TO ALL THE FAITHFUL JOURNEYING TOWARDS THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, HEALTH AND THE APOSTOLIC BLESSING
29 November 1998
Pope Paul VI
PASTORAL CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD GAUDIUM ET SPES
7 December 1965
Pope Leo XIII
IN PLURIMIS, ENCYCLICAL ON THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
5 May 1888
RERUM NOVARUM, ENCYCLICAL ON CAPITAL AND LABOR
15 May 1891
Pontifical Academies
Statement of the Joint PAS/PASS Workshop on Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility
2-6 May 2014
Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
Bakhita Initiative
A 10-page PDF booklet giving you detailed information on the Bakhita Initiative - the Catholic Church's response to human trafficking.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Santa Marta Group
The Santa Marta Group is an alliance of international police chiefs and bishops from around the world working together with civil society in a process endorsed by Pope Francis who called it “an open wound on the body of contemporary society”, to eradicate human trafficking and modern day slavery.
Other documents
24th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY. ADDRESS OF ARCHBISHOP SILVANO M. TOMASI, PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE HOLY SEE TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
Practical steps in the fight against modern slavery
12 September 2013
Let's Move Against Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Video
Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
27 January 2015
4th Global Report on Sexual Exploitation
Fondation Scelles
