“Walking, praying and working together: This is the great path that we are called to follow.”

A record 68.5 million people had been driven from their homes across the world at the end of 2017. That total was 2.9 million more than at the end of 2016.

The W.C.C. general secretary described Francis’ visit as “a strong signal of recognition by the Catholic world.”

Pope Francis said he stands with the U.S. bishops who recently condemned the Trump administration's policy on immigration that has led to children being held in government shelters while their parents are sent to federal prisons.

The document outlines the church’s need to listen to young people, to help guide them in the faith and to identify pastoral paths to accompany them.

Typical standards, norms and laws in regard to communications are first eliminated, the pope said in his homily June 18 during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae.