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Associations and Movements
Launch of the study programme “Ecclesial movements, new communities and confraternities” in Madrid
The Catholic academic world is showing growing interest in ecclesial movements and new communities. The study of these ecclesial realities – from a canonical, ecclesiological and ...
Message WYD
Walk with young people to be witnesses of peace and fraternity
‘You also are my witnesses, because you have been with me” (Jn 15:27) is the verse that guides Pope Leo XIV's Message for the 40th World Youth Day (WYD), which this year will again be ...
Elderly
Pope Leo XIV received participants at the Second International Congress on Pastoral Care of the Elderly
The second day of the International Congress on Pastoral Care for the Elderly opened with an Audience with Pope Leo XIV. At 10:30 a.m. in the Clementine Hall, approximately 150 delegates ...
Elderly
Cardinal Kevin Farrell addresses words of welcome to participants in the 2nd International Congress on Pastoral Care of the Elderly
The Second International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly, organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, is currently taking place from 2-4 October 2025, at the ...
Elderly
An International Meeting to develop pastoral care for the elderly that meets the challenges of our time
The Second International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly, organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, will be held from 2-4 October 2025, at the General Curia of the ...
WYD Seoul 2027
Musicians and composers worldwide are invited to create the official hymn for the next World Youth Day in Seoul
The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of World Youth Day (WYD) Seoul 2027, together with the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, is pleased to announce the launch of the WYD Theme Song ...
Family
De Paula Souza: “Young people’s enthusiasm and vision of the future can help change reality”
The Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Dr. Gleison De Paula Souza, was invited to speak on the theme “A future of inclusion for young pilgrims of hope. How to ...
Family and Life
The Holy Father addresses participants in the Meeting promoted by CELAM, the Pontifical Academy for Life, and the John Paul II Institute
With an Audience by the Holy Father Leo XIV, Friday, 19 September, the Jubilee and Synodal Meeting for Hopeful Discernment on the Future of Life and the Family came to an end. The Meeting ...
Children
A reflection by Gabriella Gambino on the urgent need to evangelize children and young people
“We can no longer take for granted that faith is automatically passed down from parents to children”. With these words, Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, ...
Laity
Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, examples of holiness for young people
“Dear friends, Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upwards and make them ...