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Documents of the Holy See on Migration
This page is under construction. It contains a brief list of relevant documents from the Holy See on migration, beginning with Pope Leo XIII to Paul VI. The text of the documents will be placed progressively on line. For a more complete list of documents please consult "Chiesa e mobilita' umana". Roma: Centro Studi Emigrazione, 1985; "Enchiridion della Chiesa per le migrazioni." Bologna: EDB, 2001.
LEO XIII: Letter to the American Bishops on Italian migration "Quam aerumnosa" (1888)
PIUS X: Motu proprio to institute an office for the spiritual care of migrants (1912)
PIUS X: Motu proprio establishing the institute for the priests for Italian migrants (1914)
Concistorial Congregation: Institution of a Prelate for Italian migrants (1920)
PIUS XII: Apostolic Letter constituting St. Frances X. Cabrini patron of all migrants (1950)
PIUS XII: Apostolic Constitution on the care of migrants "Exsul Familia" (1952)
PIUS XII: Address to the Delegates to the First Congress of Italian Diocesan Committees on Migration (1957)
JOHN XXIII: Excerpts from the Encyclical "Mater et Magistra" (1961)
JOHN XXIII: Excerpts from the Encyclical "Pacem in Terris" (1963)
VATICAN COUNCIL II: Excerpts from the Decree "Christus Dominus" (1965)
VATICAN COUNCIL II: Excerpts from the Pastoral Constitution "Gaudium et Spes" (1965)
VATICAN COUNCIL II: Excerpts from the Decree "Apostolicam Actuositatem" (1965)
VATICAN COUNCIL II: Excerpts from the Decree "Ad Gentes Divinitus" (1965)
PAUL VI: Excerpts from the Encyclical "Populorum Progressio" (1967)
PAUL VI: Motu Proprio "Pastoralis Migratorum Cura" (1969)
PAUL VI: Motu proprio instituting the Pontifical Commission on the care of migrants "Apostolicae Caritatis" (1970)
PAUL VI: Excerpts from the Apostolic Letter "Octogesima Adveniens" (1971)
PAUL VI: Excerpts from the Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Nuntiandi" (1975)
JOHN PAUL II: Excerpts from the Encyclical "Laborem Exercens" (1981)
JOHN PAUL II: Excerpts from the Encyclical "Sollicitudo Rei Socialis" (1987)
JOHN PAUL II: Excerpts from the Encyclical "Redemptoris Missio" (1990)
JOHN PAUL II: Excerpts from the Encyclical "Centesimus Annus" (1991)
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (Excerpts)
ECCLESIA IN ASIA (Excerpts)(1999)