Family
Local Churches
The newsletter prepared by the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences is online
The latest issue of the newsletter published by the Office of Laity and Family of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) is online. The PDF file can be downloaded free of charge. This ...
WMOF
The training of some of the 1,300 volunteers has begun and the Hyland family from Australia is coming
In Dublin, the organizational machine preparing the big World Meeting of Families is moving ahead. There are already over one thousand registrations, precisely 1046, with 606 from Ireland and 440 from ...
Symposium of the Italian Bishops’ Conference
Pope Francis's Video Message: “Spouses and Parents are accompanied the commitment to apply the Gospel to the concreteness of life”
“Love between man and woman is obviously one the most generative human experiences. It is the leaven of the culture of encounter and gives the present world an injection of sociality. Indeed, the good ...
WMOF
The protagonist of this audio file, downloadable for free, is the composer Ephrem Feeley
This week too, we are heading towards the Dublin World Families Meeting to the sound of a podcast. On this fourth appointment with the series “Let’s Talk Family,” Brenda Drumm, Communications Manager ...
Books
Cardinal Comastri’s new book is prefaced by Pope Francis and contains many testimonies that celebrate the beauty of the family
“Is it possible to give life back to the family? Yes, it is possible! It is possible by starting with the fascinating beauty of the family built according to God’s plan and bearing in mind the wounds ...
WMOF
The guest of this new audio file, which can be downloaded for free, is the pastoral planning expert Petra Conroy
As announced; the third podcast of the series "Let's Talk Family" on the way to the meeting in Dubin, is available online. This week's guest, introduced as the others by Brenda Drumm, the ...
Paraguay
Formation for the new generations and the family is at the center of the pastoral care in the churches of this Latin American country
Young people are the key to fighting the social woes that are humiliating Paraguay. The Bishops of the Latin American country who, counting on them, have launched a three-year course of formation, are ...
Nominations
Linda Ghisoni for the Section of the Laity, and Gabriella Gambino for the Section of Life
Today, Pope Francis named as new Undersecretaries to the Dicastery two women, Linda Ghisoni to Section for the Laity, and Gabriella Gambino to the Section for Life. Linda Ghisoni, born in the province ...
Associations and Movements
The new bulletin of the International Confederation of Christian Family Movements is online. This issue covers the first half of 2017. This 48-page newsletter includes the Charter of the Federation’s ...
UNPF
In Mexico City a Convention on “Family, Education and Peace” brings together over 2,000 representatives of Pro-Family Organizations
The National Union of Fathers (http://unpf.mx/) is 100 years old and, to celebrate this anniversary, the association has organized a Congress on “Family, Education, and Peace” that will be held at the ...
Pope Francis
The Holy Father’s Chirograph: “Do not be afraid, expand the horizons, and go out to listen to the reality of the people”
Today, Pope Francis visited the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. Just a few days after the meeting with the Pontifical Foundation “Scholas Occurrentes,” Francis returned to Palazzo San ...
WMOF
Guest of the second free downloadable audio file is Father McNeice, Master of Ceremonies to the Archbishop of Dublin
The second episode in the “Let’s talk family” podcast series has been released. As announced, this week a new podcast will accompany families on the way to the Meeting in Dublin. The guest of this ...
FAFCE
A meeting at the Dicastery with representatives of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe
A few days ago, the Vice President of FAFCE visited our Dicastery with the Secretary General, Nicola Speranza, and the delegate of the Family Associations Forum, Vincenzo Bassi. The meeting was ...
WMOF
A weekly podcast from Dublin with experiences and testimonies about the joy of family life
The 2018 World Meeting of Families in Dublin will not only be lived and shared by all but also listened to on the way. For this reason, WMOF podcasts are available online: “Each of these audio files ...
WMOF
The delegate Msgr. Simón in Madrid at a conference for the preparation of the Meeting in Dublin
A few days ago, the delegate of our Dicastery, Msgr. Carlos Simon, attended a meeting in Madrid, at the headquarters of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. The focus of this encounter, attended by Family ...