Lunch With Syrian Refugees © L'Osservatore Romano

Lunch With Syrian Refugees © L’Osservatore Romano

“Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants and refugees”

Here is a Vatican translation of the Pope’s message for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be celebrated on January 14th 2018. The document was published on Monday 21st of August 2017 by the Holy See.

“Welcoming, protecting, promoting and
integrating migrants and refugees”

Dear brothers and sisters!

“You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:34).

Read the full article:  https://zenit.org/articles/popes-message-for-world-day-of-migrants-and-refugees-2018/