View original text and additional translations at the official web site for the pilgrimage of Pope Francis to the Holy Land MAY 26, 2014 VISIT TO THE YAD VASHEM MEMORIAL ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS Jerusalem Monday, 26 May 2014 "Adam, where are you?" (cf. Gen 3:9). Where...

  View original text at the official web site for the pilgrimage of Pope Francis to the Holy Land VISIT TO THE GR AN MUFTI OF JERUSALEM ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS Building of the Great Council on the Esplanade of the Mosques (Jerusalem) Monday, 26 May 2014   ...

I thank you most heartily for your welcome to the State of Israel, which I have the joy of visiting on this pilgrimage. I am grateful to President Shimon Peres and to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their kind words and I willingly recall my meetings with them in the Vatican. As you know, I...

In this Basilica, which all Christians regard with the deepest veneration, my pilgrimage in the company of my beloved brother in Christ, His Holiness Bartholomaios, now reaches its culmination. We are making this pilgrimage in the footsteps of our venerable predecessors, Pope Paul VI and...

  View original text at the official web site for the pilgrimage of Pope Francis to the Holy Land MAY 25, 2014 POPE FRANCIS Manger Square: Invitation of the Pope to Abbas and Perez Bethlehem Sunday, 25 May 2014In this, the birthplace of the Prince of Peace, I wish to...

REGINA COELI BETHLEHEM (25.05.2014) View the original text on the official site for the visit of Pope Francis to the Holy Land. POPE FRANCIS REGINA CAELI Bethlehem Sunday, 25 May 2014   Dear Brothers and Sisters, As we prepare to conclude our...

  View original text and additional translations from the official site for the visit of Pope Francis to the Holy Land   HOLY MASS HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS Manger Square (Bethlehem) Sunday, 25 May 2014 "This will be a sign for you: you will find a child...

View original text and additional translations from the official site for the visit of Pope Francis to the Holy Land   MAY 25, 2014 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCIS   Bethlehem Sunday, 25 May 2014   Mr President, ...

Dear friends! The Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus in the Jordan and thus inaugurated his work of redemption to free the world from sin and death. Let us ask the Spirit to prepare our hearts to encounter our brothers and sisters, so that we may overcome our differences rooted in political...