2014-2018

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