Event

The Elderly
Press conference for the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly and the Holy Father’s Message

"After such a difficult year there is a great need to celebrate, together, grandparents and grandchildren, young and old." With these words, Card. Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for the ...

Forum Amoris Laetitia
Summary of the first day of the Amoris Laetitia Forum

The first day of the Forum "Where are we with Amoris Laetitia? Strategies for the pastoral application of Pope Francis' Exhortation" opened today with the first day of work. The aim of the ...

Forum Amoris Laetitia
Video message of Pope Francis on the occasion of the Amoris Laetitia Forum organised by the Dicastery.

With a video message sent to the Dicastery, Pope Francis opened the work of the Forum "Where are we with Amoris Laetitia? Strategies for the pastoral application of the Apostolic ...

Amoris Laetitia Forum
Online meeting for delegates of family pastoral ministry

  From June 9-12, 2021, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is organising and hosting an online Forum "Where are we with Amoris Laetitia? Strategies for the pastoral application of Pope ...

Press Release
Theme for the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

Sunday 25 July will see the celebration of the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The theme chosen by the Holy Father for this World Day is “I am with you always” (cf. Mt 28:20) which ...

Elderly
Starting today, French and Spanish translations of the proceedings of the first international conference on the pastoral care of the elderly are available for free online

The first international conference on the pastoral care of the elderly was an important ecclesial moment during which the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life—as Card. Farrell observed in his ...

Sport
At the conclusion of the webinar series on sports and the pandemic, reflections and proposals for the future

The first webinar of the COVID era, which was organized by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life in collaboration with the John Paul II Foundation for Sport, has come to a successful ...

Sport
The final session of the webinar series dedicated to the future of sports in this time of COVID

“Proposals for a better restart” was the theme of the concluding session in a webinar series on sports held by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life. This webinar was focused on the ...

Sport

“Inclusive sports” was the theme of the penultimate webinar session on sports organized by our Dicastery in collaboration with the John Paul II Foundation for Sport. Cristina Gangemi, director of the ...

Sport
The second webinar in a series designed to encourage the best “restart” of sports in society

“Giving the best of oneself: sports as a model for life”: the Document prepared by the Dicastery in 2018 was a common thread in the second of four webinars on sports hosted in collaboration ...