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Official Catholic Church Statements Applicable to Immigration Issues
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(Many Vatican / Papal documents may be found on Vatican website.)
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Vatican Documents
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Exsul Familia (Pope Pius XII, 1952)
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Pacem in Terris (Pope John XXIII, 1963) |
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Gaudium et Spes (Second Vatican Council, 1965)
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Populorum Progressio (Pope Paul VI, 1967) |
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Justice in the World (Statement of the Synod of Bishops, 1971)
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Laboren Exercens (Pope John Paul II, 1981) |
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Centesimus Annus (Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, 1991)
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Erga Migrantes caritas Christi (the love of Christ towards migrants) (The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Vatican City 2004) |
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Papal Documents
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Angelus (Pope Benedict XVI, June 19, 2005,
World Refugee Day)
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Message of Pope John Paul II
(World Day of Migrants & Refugees, 2005) |
Message of Pope John Paul II
(World Day of Migrants & Refugees 2004)
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Message of Pope John Paul II
(the 89th World Day of Migrants & Refugees, 2003) |
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The Church and Undocumented Migrants & Refugees (July 2002)
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Message of Pope John Paul II (World Day of Peace, 2002) |
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Message of Pope John Paul II (the 88th World Day of Migration, July 2001)
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Apostolic Exhortation: Ecclesia in America (January 1999) |
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Homily of Pope John Paul II (New York, October 5, 1995)
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(Many US Bishops' documents may be found on US Conference of Catholic Bishops, US Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration & Refugee Services, US Conference of Catholic Bishops Hispanic Affairs.)
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US Bishops' Documents
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Resolution on the Pastoral Concern of the Church for the People on the Move (National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1976)
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Together a New People: Pastoral Statement on Migrants & Refugees (National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1986) |
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One Family Under God (U.S. Bishops' Committee on Migration, 1995)
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Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity (National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2000) |
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Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope (Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States, January 2003)
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