
In his address to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, in May 2013, Pope Francis, reiterating the role of the Church as "mother", renewed the call for the dignity and centrality of each person to "be always protected, in respect of fundamental rights … rights that she asks be concretely extended to the millions of men and women in every continent whose rights are not recognized. In a world where there is so much talk of rights it seems that the only one to have rights is money. … We are living in a world ruled by money..."

