“In this complex and demanding scenario, there is need for individuals and institutions capable of assuming a renewed leadership. There is no need for hurling slogans that often remain empty, or for antagonism between parties jockeying for the front position. We require a leadership that can help to find and put into practice a more just way for all of us to live in this world as sharers in a common destiny”. Pope Francis said this today in his message to the participants in the 3^rd international conference of “Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church” that is being held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 26 to 29 July 2018 on the theme “A Critical Time for Bridge-Building: Catholic Theological Ethics Today”. Sarajevo “is a city of bridges”, Pope Francis recalled, “bridges, not walls. I keep repeating this in the lively hope that people everywhere will pay attention to this need that is increasingly acknowledged, albeit at times resisted by fear and forms of regression”. “Without renouncing prudence”, the Pope remarked, “we are called to recognize every sign and mobilize all our energy in order to remove the walls of division and to build bridges of fraternity everywhere in the world”. “The three focal points of your meeting – he noted – intersect along this journey of bridge building in a critical time like our own”. The ecological challenge at the centre of the meeting, the Pope explained, “is not simply one of many, but the broader backdrop for an understanding of both ecological ethics and social ethics. For this reason, your concern for the issue of migrants and refugees is very serious and provokes a metanoia that can foster ethical and theological reflection, even before inspiring suitable pastoral attitudes and responsible and carefully planned political policies”.