A thought that four Popes have commended to the world: feed the hungry and protect creation.
Feeding the hungry, making peace, letting people live in their homeland: MISSION 2033 puts into practice what the last four Popes have asked of the world.
Those who suffer from hunger are not strangers.Address to FAO on World Food Day, Rome, 16 October 2025
Hunger and peace belong together: he calls the use of food as a weapon of war a cruel strategy that denies people their right to life.
It’s clear that wars and climate change cause hunger; let us stop presenting it as an incurable illness.Visit to FAO, World Food Day, Rome, 16 October 2017
On the same day: the relation between hunger and migration can only be faced by going to the roots of the problem.
Love is free; it is not practised as a way of achieving other ends.Encyclical Deus caritas est, no. 31 (2005)
Charity is for every person in need, whatever their religion – without conditions. That is the principle of MISSION 2033.
World peace is threatened not only by the arms race, regional conflicts and continued injustices among peoples and nations, but also by a lack of due respect for nature.Message for the World Day of Peace 1990, “Peace with God the Creator, peace with all of creation”
Protecting creation is a work of peace – the root of MISSION 2033.
The Holy Father … thanks … for the commitment to safeguarding creation and encourages making the results of the research available to the relevant authorities.Letter of the Secretariat of State on behalf of Pope Leo XIV, 16 September 2026 (our translation)
Man, created in the image of God, is the bearer of progress.Pope Leo XIV, General Audience, 23 September 2026 (our translation). Creation is still unfolding – man is not a spectator but a co-worker.
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MISSION 2033 comes from the Catholic Church in Davos and is carried by Christians. It helps every person in need – whatever their religion, origin or conviction. Nobody has to believe anything to receive water and bread.
That is where its strength lies: where Christians, Jews, Muslims and believers of other religions help together, trust grows between peoples.
Every tradition knows water as a life-giving sign. They name it differently and mean the same. That is why MISSION 2033 is open to all.
During the World Economic Forum the Catholic parish of Davos invites people to services and to the discussion circle in the parish house – since 2011 a place of encounter for people from all over the world and from different religions.
From just €1 a month – for yourself, your family, your parish or your company.
