Laity

Associations and Movements
Card. Farrell and Dr. Ghisoni speak at the conference organized by the Focolare Movement

  Last June 20, the Pontifical Lateran University (PUL) hosted a theological conference entitled, "Movements and New Communities. Identity in the Synodal Path of the Church," organized ...

Elderly
Presentation of the Message of the Holy Father Francis for the II World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

  On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., the Holy See Press Office will hold a Press Conference to present the Message of the Holy Father Francis for the Second World Day for Grandparents ...

Associations and Movements
The synthesis and available texts of the Annual Meeting with the Moderators held yesterday, April 28, 2022

  On April 28, 2022, at the Aula della Congregazione of the General Curia of the Jesuits in Rome, the customary Annual Meeting with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial ...

Associations and Movements
April 28, 2022, the Annual Meeting of the various aggregations of the faithful will take place

  Work as a value in itself, a place of sanctification and of civil and Christian witness for every baptized person, even for those who are employed by the association to which they belong; the ...

Synod 2021-2023
Ideas for embarking on the synodal process with families published

  Families wish to walk along the synodal path as pastoral and ecclesial subjects, giving their contribution with their own experience of joy and suffering to the mission of the Church. ...

Women
Concluding remarks by Fr. Awi Mello at the First International Seminar on Woman

  The Latin American Academy of Catholic Leaders organized its 1st International Seminar on Women with the objective of reflecting and deepening the role, contribution and challenges of women in ...

Associations and Movements
The prefect of the Dicastery, Card. Farrell, Undersecretary Linda Ghisoni and Dr. Margaret Karram, of the Focolare Movement, spoke

  On the afternoon of March 3, the book on the governance of associations, published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, was presented in the Marconi Hall of Vatican Radio. In addition to the General ...

Dicastery
The Dicastery's project on the themes of family, life and the laity is launched to contribute to a culture of listening and love for others

  Being inspired is the aim of a series of videos that the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is presenting on themes concerning human life, in its spiritual, but also social, cultural, ...

Laity
The Prefect and Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life participated in the online course promoted by the archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro to the Bishops of Brazil

  The Bishops' Course is a study, update, and sharing meeting, organized by the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro which takes place every year in the month of January, with the participation of the ...

Associations and Movements
On Thursday, March 3rd, the presentation of the book “General Decree. The international associations of the faithful"

  «To govern is to serve» – this is how Pope Francis addressed the moderators and delegates of the ecclesial movements, associations of the faithful and new communities that participated in the ...

Associations and Movements
Published the proceedings of the meeting with the moderators of the associations held on September 16, 2021

  A volume awaited by many has seen the light of day, containing the text of the general Decree on mandates of government in associations of the faithful - promulgated on June 11, 2021 - and the ...

#IamChurch
The second video of the #IamChurch series is online

  "All of you have the opportunity to transform your life, to know God!" It's a call that comes from four young deaf brothers from Mexico who, in the second video of the #IamChurch ...

#IamChurch
The first video of the #IamChurch series is online

  In his recent Message on the occasion of the International Day dedicated to the disabled persons, Pope Francis affirms that "no one can refuse the Sacraments to people with ...

Ecclesial Associations and Movements
Speeches by Card. Kevin Farrell and Dr. Linda Ghisoni on the 30th anniversary of the International Forum of Catholic Action

  The Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Card. Kevin Farrell, and the Under-secretary, Dr. Linda Ghisoni, spoke during a greeting to participants at the online meeting on the ...

Laity
Message from Card. Farrell on the occasion of the 1st National Youth Day in Peru

  From November 19 to 21, the first National Youth Day took place in Peru, on the occasion of the celebration on the Solemnity of Christ the King, of World Youth Day in the particular Churches. ...