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 -
Changing Relations Among Market, State, and Civil Society
Workshop 19-21 October 2017 - Globalization and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are posing serious challenges to the values of social justice, global common good and human dignity, as denounced... Read more -
Unity in Diversity
“If the Unity of Nations Is Not Yet Possible, We Believe the Unity of Cities Is” Giorgio La Pira, Mediterranean Dialogues, 1967 Florence is getting ready to host the third edition of Unity in... Read more
