Pope Francis
Towards Easter
A resource for Lent from the diocese of Rome
“We want prayer to become once again the normal and daily breath of each of the faithful and of their communities of life and work, starting with the reality of the family.” This is the wish of Rome’s ...
The Miracle of Life
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints recognizes the healing of an unborn child
Paul VI has made another great and decisive step towards canonization. The members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints unanimously gave the green light to the second miracle attributed to the ...
Local Churches
A note from the Bishops of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta to accompany couples and families in difficult situations
To implement Amoris Laetitia the Bishops of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta have drawn up some guidelines now published in a note entitled “The Lord is close to those who have a wounded heart. Accompany, ...
Pope Francis
In his address to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the Pope reaffirms the intangibility of human life and the importance of the family, “the future of the Church and of society”
Pope Francis pronounced two important speeches in recent weeks on the themes of marriage, family, and life. The first was addressed to the participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for ...
Pope Francis
The Holy Father’s words in Lima, Trujillo and Puerto Maldonado: “What would Peru be like, without its mothers and grandmothers!”
“Your faces, your questions and your lives are important for the Church and we need to give them the importance they deserve. We must also have the courage of the many young people of this land who ...
Pope Francis
In the words chosen by the Pope for the feast days, the themes of family and life are constantly and concretely evoked
The year just begun “opens in the name of the Mother of God.” Mary, placing herself as a mother between her son Jesus and people, carries out “a very special function.” Furthermore, “all parents” are ...
Pontifical Academy for Life
Pope Francis’s Message to the participants at the Meeting of the World Medical Association on end-of-life issues: “Fighting Pain and Loneliness”
“The categorical imperative is to never abandon the sick”. All are called to “give love in his or her own way—as a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother or sister, a doctor or a nurse. But ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...