2018

Youth
Just one year until the WYD: Preparations are now lively, with a meeting in Stuttgart

Putting the spotlights on young people is also on the Dicastery’s agenda for 2018. With the aim of reflecting together on “how to plan youth ministry in the Movement, to bring young people closer to ...

Dicastery
In today’s issue of the Osservatore Romano, a long interview with the Prefect Kevin Farrell

A reflection on the year and a half passed since the establishment of the Dicastery; the presentation of the major events being prepared, including the World Meeting of Families and the World Youth ...

Family
The 2017 CISF Report: The Family, an Antidote to the “Silent Hearths”

An epoch-making technological acceleration is what we are experiencing, and 68% of Italy’s households have an active internet connection, with half of the data traffic on smartphones.   This is ...

Documents

    Many current topics are discussed in the volume “Women and Work,” edited by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and just published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Indeed, as ...

Academy for Life
An International Congress will be held from February 28th to March 1st in Rome to promote dialogue and cooperation in protection of the dying person

The contribution of palliative care to medicine, health care, and society, the spread of palliative care, the impact of different religious beliefs and spiritual perspectives on the care of the dying, ...