Dicastery

Brazil
National meeting of the coordinators “La Pastoral da Pessoa Idosa”

From 22 to 25 March, the National Meeting of the coordinators “La Pastoral da Pessoa Idosa” was held in Curitiba, Brazil, with the participation of Vittorio Scelzo from our Dicastery’s Section for ...

WMOF
The 10th podcast of “Let’s Talk Family,” the series designed to accompany the World Meeting of Families, is online

Three diocesan delegates for the World Meeting of Families are the protagonists of the new episode of the podcast series “Let’s Talk Family” proposed in view of the event in Dublin. Brenda Drumm is, ...

Easter
Easter greetings of the Dicastery’s Secretary, Father Alexandre Awi Mello

“May this Easter be a time of renewal for everyone and for the Church through the family and the young!” This is the wish that the Dicastery’s Secretary, Father Alexandre Awi Mello, addresses to ...

Way of the cross
Conclusive meditation by prefect Kevin Farrell

Dear young people, This evening, we have retraced the painful journey towards the death on the cross that Jesus lived through in the last hours of his earthly life. And we reflected on the human pain ...

Ad limina
A Church called to account for her faith in a difficult context

The presence of the Catholic Church and of other Christians in Pakistan continues to be problematic. This was reported by the Bishops of Pakistan who came for their Ad Limina visit a few days ago. The ...

Dicastery
The first interview with the undersecretary of the section for life, Gabriella Gambino: “Giving birth in a horizon of freedom and responsibility, aware of the inviolable value of every human life”

“It seems urgent to me for us, especially in the Church, to work not only to succeed in educating women in their bioethical profile and to make them aware of the challenges they must recognize in ...

Women’s Univers
From Caritas Internationalis, a study table to promote the participation of women in the decision-making spheres of society

This path, starting from the conquests and critical points of the various types of feminism, aims to overcome their logics in the perspective of the “anthropology of the alliance” that Pope Francis ...

Ad limina
The Latin Bishops of the Arabic Regions visit the Dicastery

A few days ago the Latin Bishops of the Arabic Regions (CELRA) visited the Dicastery as part of their Ad Limina visit. They came from Israel, Jordan, Palestine, from the countries of the Arabian ...

Laity
In Bologna, a conference organized by the European Academy of Religion

Sports as a tool for the integration of social groups at risk—including immigrants, prisoners, people in need and with disabilities—but also, in general, as a means to improve society was the theme of ...

Ad Limina Visit
Vietnam’s Bishops at the Dicastery

On a visit to the Dicastery a few days ago, the Bishops of Vietnam told of a small but lively Church, characterized by good religious practice and the dynamic activity of the lay faithful. Everywhere, ...