The following is the telegram sent by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV, to the participants in the 17th International Congress of Moral Theology, taking place in Bogotá, Colombia, from 20 August to 21 August 2025:

Telegram

REVEREND FATHER OSCAR BÁEZ PINTO, C.SS.R.
RECTOR OF THE FUNDACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA SAN ALFONSO
BOGOTÁ

HIS HOLINESS WARMLY GREETS THE ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE 17^TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MORAL THEOLOGY, TO TAKE PLACE IN BOGOTÁ FROM 20 TO 21 AUGUST 2025, WITH THE HOPE THAT THESE DAYS WILL BE A FAVOURABLE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE CHALLENGES, CHANGES AND CURRENT CONFLICTS IN THE LIGHT OF DIVINE REVELATION, WHICH FINDS ITS FULLNESS IN JESUS CHRIST.

THE HOLY FATHER INVITES THEM, FURTHERMORE, TO CONFRONT THESE THEMES FOLLOWING THE WISE AND ALWAYS TIMELY EXAMPLE OF THE SAINTS, SUCH AS SAINT ALPHONSUS MARIA DE’ LIGUORI, WHO WAS ABLE TO FIND A BALANCED SYNTHESIS OF THE LAWS OF GOD AND THE DYNAMICS OF MAN’S CONSCIENCE AND FREEDOM, AT THE SAME TIME ASSUMING A CHARITABLE, UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIS BRETHREN, THUS BECOMING A VISIBLE SIGN OF GOD’S INFINITE MERCY.

WITH THESE SENTIMENTS, POPE LEO XIV, INVOKING THE MATERNAL PROTECTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, SEAT OF WISDOM, WARMLY IMPARTS TO ALL THOSE PRESENT THE IMPLORED APOSTOLIC BLESSING, WHICH HE JOYFULLY EXTENDS TO THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER LOVED ONES.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE