2014-2018 Events
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Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility
Joint Workshop of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2-6 May 2014 - Are Humanity's dealings with Nature sustainable? What is the status of the Human... Read more -
Mexico-Holy See Colloquium on Migration and Development
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON THE OCCASION OF THE "MEXICO-HOLY SEE COLLOQUIUM ON HUMAN MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT" Mexico City, 14 July 2014 I would like to extend my... Read more -
Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery
2 December 2014 – We, the undersigned, are gathered here today for a historical initiative to inspire spiritual and practical action by all global faiths and people of good will everywhere to... Read more -
Human Trafficking: Issues Beyond Criminalization
Plenary Session 17-21 April 2015 – There are two statements that Pope Francis has constantly repeated from the beginning of his Pontificate: that ‘Human Trafficking is Modern Slavery’ and that this... Read more -
Trafficking with a Special Focus on Children
Seminar 27 April 2015 - Inspired by the words of Pope Francis that ‘Human Trafficking is Modern Slavery’ and that this practice is a ‘Crime against Humanity,’ the purpose of the seminar is to... Read more -
Modern Slavery and Climate Change: The Commitment of the Cities
Casina Pio IV Workshop 21 July 2015 - Today we are facing two tragic emergencies that are related in different ways: the climate change crisis and the new forms of slavery. We are looking forward to... Read more -
Prosperity, People and Planet in the Cities
A Special Symposium of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on Cities and the Sustainable Development Agenda Wednesday 22 July 2015, 9am... Read more -
Real Love Chases Away Fear, Greed and Slavery: Young Leaders Must Pave the Way
Casina Pio IV Workshop 7-8 November 2015 - The future of our globalized world is in the hands of the young. We need to trust them. As a continuation of the November 2014 workshop on Young People... Read more -
Reaffirming Global Solidarity, Restoring Humanity
Workshop 22 February 2016 – "To all those who live in lands where weapons impose terror and destruction, I assure you of my personal closeness and that of the whole Church, whose mission is to... Read more -
Centesimus Annus 25 Years Later
Conference 15-16 April 2016 - Everyone knew that Pope John Paul II would issue a social encyclical in 1991 to mark the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum, but expectations were low.... Read more -
Judges’ Summit on Human Trafficking and Organized Crime
Summit 3-4 June 2016 – As Isaiah prophesised long ago, “Peace is the fruit of justice” (cf. Is 32:17). The main task that human society has given its judges since the beginning of time is to... Read more -
Cumbre de los jueces sobre trata de personas y crimen organizado
Cumbre 3-4 de junio de 2016 – Como ya profetizaba Isaías: «La paz es fruto de la justicia» (cf Is 32,17). Desde el comienzo de los tiempos, la tarea principal que la sociedad humana ha... Read more -
Inclusive Solidarity and Integration of Marginalized People
Workshop 28-29 October 2016 – The squalor that comes from many tragic events and cases of destitution leads us to consider carefully the notion of “social inclusion” and to identify it with the... Read more -
Towards a Participatory Society: New Roads to Social and Cultural Integration
Plenary Session 28 April-2 May 2017 – Since the beginning of his Pontificate, Pope Francis has asked our Academy to give more attention to the poor, the marginalized, the sick, the suffering,... Read more -
Humanism and Mass Migration
Final Statement of the Workshop on Humanism and Mass Migration Pontifical Academy of Sciences & Pontifical Academy Social Sciences 18-19 January 2017 The Problem Catastrophic migrations are... Read more -
Biological Extinction
How to Save the Natural World on Which We Depend PAS-PASS Workshop, Casina Pio IV, 27 February-1 March 2017 On our 4.54 billion... Read more -
Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking: Best Practices in Legal Aid, Compensation and Resettlement
Workshop 4-6 November 2017 - This meeting is jointly organized by two professional associations, both of which are deeply concerned about the well-being of trafficked people. For victims to flourish... Read more
