Family
11/09/2017
The John Paul II Institute
The John Paul II Institute’s offer of formation for the new academic year
Ten proposals, including licentiates, doctorates, and masters, to “to deepen the knowledge of the truth about marriage and the family, in the light of faith and with the help of the different human ...
06/09/2017
Honduras
Ad Limina Visit of the Bishops of Honduras
“You’re doing a great job accompanying families and promoting the laity!” Card. Farrell said this to the Bishops of Honduras at the end of their Ad Limina Visit to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family ...
25/08/2017
Ischia
Lina Balestrieri’s life, broken by the earthquake, leaves a bright example of dedication to families and to the weakest
The personal story of Lina Balestrieri, who died, at 59, in the earthquake that struck the town of Casamicciola in Ischia on 21 August, is simple but touching. Standing next to Santa Maria del ...
20/08/2017
WMOF
Six Evenings in the Parish to Reflect on Pope Francis’ Words and Family Life in View of Dublin
A six-part program for parishes based on “Amoris Laetitia,” designed in preparation for the World Meeting of Families, will be presented on 21 August, at Our Lady of Knock, together with the icon of ...
20/08/2017
WMOF
A Year of Practical Initiatives in the Parish to Prepare for the Meeting in Dublin
A volume of practical initiatives for the World Meeting of Families, containing mainly suggestions and proposals to be used in the parishes, will be presented on 21 August at Our Lady of Knock, ...
20/08/2017
WMOF
A Guide to Help Local Facilitators Prepare Parishes for the Meeting in Dublin
“Support diocesan delegates and their teams in organizing volunteers in parishes or in parish networks”—This is the purpose of the Guide for the local facilitators, designed to help parishes in their ...
04/08/2017
Spain
May Families be Outgoing Communities
From 16 to 21 July, the International Family Encounter (IFE) held at the Escorial in Madrid, Spain, brought together 80 Ignatian lay people, experts in family ministry, from 30 countries. The meeting ...
11/07/2017
The new website
A hug that welcomes all the laity and all the families of the world. This is what the new logo of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life Dicastery, that we are presenting today together with the ...
30/06/2017
WMOF
A Meeting in Dublin on the Program, the Catechesis, the Festival of Testimonies; the full involvement of the delegates of family ministry in Ireland’s dioceses.
Msgr. Carlos Simón Vázquez, delegate of our Dicastery’s Family and Life Section, and Dr. Marco Brusati, our collaborator in the organization of major events, have been to Dublin in recent days to meet ...
30/03/2017
Towards Dublin
Today the letter of invitation to the IX World Meeting of Families, scheduled to be held in Dublin from 21 to 26 August 2018, was presented in the Press Room of the Holy See. In the letter addressed ...