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The Pope Video
Vatican News in dialogue with Dr Linda Ghisoni on the Holy Father's prayer intention for the month of April

  On Friday 12 April, Dr Linda Ghisoni, Under-secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, participated in the programme Estudio 9 of Vatican News alongside Andrea Sarubbi, ...

Centro San Lorenzo
De Paula Souza: Let us entrust to the Cross of Youth the sufferings of humanity, with the renewed hope that Christ is alive and wants us alive

  On 13 and 14 April, the 'Festival of Hope' was held at the San Lorenzo International Youth Centre (CSL) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first youth meeting in Saint Peter's Square ...

Associations and Movements
The homily and final greeting of H. Em. Card. Kevin Farrell at the Annual Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation

    From 12 to 14 April, the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation were held in Rimini. The event, attended by approximately 21,000 people, was based on a theme ...

Life
The statement of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is available on our website

    The statement of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas infinita – a document commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – was ...

The Pope's Video
Man and women, equal in dignity: Respect for the dignity of every person is a central tenet of Christianity

  Pope Francis once again dedicates his monthly prayer intention to women. In The Pope Video for April, which he has entrusted to the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the Holy ...

Witnesses of the Faith
Card. Farrell: let us turn to the Martyrs to ask for the gift of peace we so desperately need

  A solemn Prayer vigil in remembrance of those who have given their lives for the Kingdom of God in recent years was held on Tuesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Basilica of St. ...

Christus Vivit
A reflection by Card. Kevin Farrell on L'Osservatore romano

    L'Osservatore romano - In 2019, with the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christus vivit, Pope Francis brought to completion the synodal journey he himself launched in October ...

Family Global Compact
Under-Secretary Gabriella Gambino's speech on the Family Global Compact at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Berit Institute for the Family

  Last 18 March, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Berit Institute for the Family, an afternoon at the Catholic University of Avila (UCAV) was organised for the presentation of the ...

Christus Vivit
Five years after the publication of Christus Vivit, Pope Francis writes a new message to young people

  On 25 March 2019, in the Holy House of Loreto, Pope Francis signed the Post-Synodal Exhortation Christus Vivit, a 'letter' to young people that encapsulated the work of the Synod of Bishops on ...

Women and the Church
In her speech at the press conference, the Under-Secretary Gabriella Gambino offered a reflection on the 10 women saints who, in their different states of life, have sown the Word of God in the world

  On Wednesday February 28, 2024, at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome, a press conference took place, to present the International Inter-University Congress "Women in the ...