Chiese locali
08/06/2017
Lay associations
On the third anniversary of the meeting with Peres and Abu Mazen in the Vatican
The International Forum Catholic Action proposes the initiative "A Minute for Peace," to be held on Thursday, 8 June, at 1:00 p.m. on the occasion of the third anniversary of the prayer ...
07/06/2017
Ecclesial movements
In an interview with the “Amici del Pellegrinaggio” Card. Farrell explains the significance of the March of Loretto
The March from Macerata to Loreto is “a collective and stimulating gesture that can be a visual representation of this underlying challenge” launched by Pope Francis to “to leave the enclosure, to go ...
07/06/2017
Panama
Ad Limina Visit of the Bishops of Panama
The Ad Limina Visit of Panama’s Bishops at the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life was characterized by an atmosphere of great familiarity. The meeting comes at the time when the Dicastery and ...
05/06/2017
Church movements
The Holy Father presided the ecumenical prayer vigil on the 50th anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Cardinal Farrell pronounced the homily at the Mass of reconciliation
Pope Francis thanked the participants at the Circus Maximus for their testimony during the meeting on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, celebrated on the ...
31/05/2017
Albania
Ad Limina Visit of the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Albania
“I prayed before that wall because Jesus was there.”—These are the words of an elderly Albanian man, quoted by Don Simon Kulli, Diocesan Administrator of Sapë, during the Ad Limina Visit of the ...
30/05/2017
Ecclesial movements
The Charismatic Renewal turns fifty. Celebrations in Rome with Pope Francis
Pope Francis personally invited the worldwide Catholic Charismatic Renewal to Rome for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of this current of grace in the Catholic Church. “I am ...
25/05/2017
Guatemala
Ad Limina Visit of the Bishops of Guatemala
On Wednesday, 24 May, we had the joy of receiving thirteen Bishops from Guatemala for their Ad Limina Visit. In an atmosphere of fraternity, the Bishops told us of their joys and their hopes regarding ...
08/05/2017
Cuba
Ad Limina Visit of Cuba’s Bishops
“Until a few years ago, often only grandmothers accompanied the children at Baptism, and they frequently chose to go to a neighboring area to avoid being recognized. Nowadays, most Cubans ask that the ...
08/05/2017
Holy Laypeople
Promulgation of Decrees concerning 4 miracles, the martyrdom of a father, and the heroic virtues of 7 Servants of God, including three other lay faithful
On May 4th, the Pope authorized the Congregation of the Causes of Saints to promulgate the Decrees concerning some miracles, the martyrdom of the Servant of God Luciano Botovasoa, layman and father ...
04/05/2017
New Families
Family Highlights in Loppiano: 1,000 present and 10,000 contacts. The Gospel is for the family!
At the initiative of the New Family Movement, during these months events, training sessions and several meetings are being held throughout the world to reflect on themes concerning the family and to ...
26/04/2017
Peace, Family and Life
“Rosary for Peace, the Family, and Life” is the initiative proposed by the Association Evangelium Vitae and the Delegation of the Family Ministry Office of the Archdiocese of Madrid on the 24th of ...
25/04/2017
Ontario
Visit ad Limina of the Catholic Bishops' Assembly of Ontario
“We have to take care of real families and not the ideal ones we have in our minds.” This statement was at the heart of the exchange that took place in the office of the Dicastery for the Laity, ...
24/04/2017
The Magazine
The Higher Institute of Family Sciences of the Pontifical University of Salamanca has published a study on Amoris Laetitia in the January 2017 issue of its semi-annual magazine “Familia.” Below are a ...
12/04/2017
#Krakow2Panama
Conclusion of the meeting on WYD organized in collaboration with the Synod of Bishops
Bittersweet is the word that best describes the Palm Sunday celebration in St. Peter’s Square, on April 9th, when Pope Francis opened Holy Week with the Mass of the Lord’s Passion. This celebration is ...
12/04/2017
South Africa
“Marfam” (Marriage and Family Life Renewal Ministry), which has been working for years in direct contact with the Bishops’ Conference of South Africa to actively promote and support the family ...