Pope Francis
25/09/2017
Associations and Movements
Positive Signs of Dialogue and Collaboration Between the Japanese Bishops and Ecclesial Movements
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has concluded the pastoral visit to Japan. On this occasion Pope Francis sent a letter to the local Bishops, ...
19/09/2017
Pope Francis
The New “John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute” for Matrimonial and Family Sciences Instituted in a Motu Propio
“This synodal season has led the Church to renewed awareness of the Gospel of the Family and of new pastoral challenges that the Christian community is called on to answer. The centrality of the ...
06/09/2017
Movements - Communities
Pope Francis meets three thousand, young and less young members of the Shalom Catholic Community, on the anniversary of its foundation
Abandoning narcissism, getting out of one’s shell, giving oneself and entering into dialogue with the generation of the elderly who know how to convey the wisdom of life—that is the challenging ...
31/08/2017
Church and Sport
Holy Father Francis met the members of the Brazilian football team who survived the plane crash
On 26 November 2016, the Chapecoense team preparing to play against the Colombian Atletico Nacional in the final match of the South American Cup, was involved in the terrible plane crash near the ...
29/07/2017
Brazil
Saturday, July 29th marked the end of Aparecida “Rota 300,” a missionary project that involved many young people. The initiative is part of a three-year pastoral project promoted by the Brazilian ...
22/06/2017
Church and sports
Pope Francis received in audience the delegation from the National Football League
At 9.00 this morning, in the Study of the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the delegation from the National Football League (NFL), and addressed the following greeting to ...
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 ...
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
Appointment
The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Father Alexandre Awi Mello Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, I. Sch., National Director of the Schönstatt Movement in Brazil. Rev. Father ...
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 ...