III World Meeting of Popular Movements in 2016

III World Meeting of Popular Movements in 2016 Photo: Vatican News

Pope to receive Popular Movements at Vatican: housing, land, and work

Popular Movements to commemorate ten years since their first meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican

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(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 09.10.2024).- Representatives of Popular Movements will return to the Vatican to commemorate the tenth  anniversary of their first global meeting in October 2014, which brought together organisations  of humble, excluded and disenfranchised workers from five continents with Pope Francis. This  landmark event united the voice of the Church and popular movements to the shared cry of the  three T’s – techo, tierra y trabajo (housing, land, and work): “No family without housing, no  peasant without land, no worker without rights, no person without the dignity that comes from  work”.

With the theme ‘Planting a flag in the face of dehumanisation’, the World Meeting of Popular  Movements (known as EMMP) and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development  of the Holy See will organise, on Friday 20 September, a symposium to dialogue and reflect on  the journey from the first to the fourth meeting, as a way of addressing current challenges and  concerns.

The event will feature speakers representing Popular Movements and the Church, including the  Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny,  as well as leaders involved in the founding of the EMMP, such as Juan Grabois, Xaro Castelló,  and Joao Pedro Stedile. Organisers also anticipate a message from Pope Francis.

In addition, a book will be presented that compiles the messages that Pope Francis has addressed  to the Popular Movements along with other texts in which the 3T’s are highlighted. A  commemorative video of this tenth anniversary will also be released.

According to the organisers, this anniversary “is a good opportunity to reflect on the journey we  have made during this time with companions from all over the world, planting the banner of  social justice and peace in our common home”.

The symposium will take place on Friday, 20 September at 10:00 a.m. (Rome time) and can be  followed on the YouTube Channel of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

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