Pope Francis

WYD Lisbon 2023
The status of World Youth Day preparations in light of the Holy Father's arrival

  Pope Francis will be travelling to Lisbon from Aug. 2 to 6 of this year for the upcoming World Youth Day, and on August 5 he will be visiting the Shrine of Fatima, as announced yesterday by ...

WYD
The special stamp for the WYD 2023 will be available from May 16

  (Press release of the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State) - During the closing mass of the World Youth Day in Panama, Cardinal Kevin J.Farrell announced that the ...

WYD
In a video message released today, the Holy Father invites young people to World Youth Day

  “Prepare yourselves with that enthusiasm. Have hope, because one grows a lot at an event like WYD.” This is Pope Francis' invitation in a video message to young people in view of the World ...

Life
WOOMB International Congress

  Last 28 and 29 April, Italian and international experts, professors and speakers discussed the development of the scientific and educational program from fertility knowledge to personalized ...

Plenary Assembly
After the greeting by Card. Farrell, the Holy Father's address to the participants in the 2nd Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery

  "You are a 'popular' Dicastery, I would say, and this is beautiful! Remember: never lose this characteristic of closeness to the women and men of our time. Closeness, I emphasize ...

Plenary Assembly
Cardinal Kevin Farrell's Address to the Holy Father

  We publish the Address to the Holy Father Francis by the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, on the occasion of the Holy Father' Audience to the ...

Plenary Assembly
The Second Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery takes place from April 20 to 22

  The Second Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life opened today on the theme “Laity and Ministry in a Synodal Church”. Some 35 members and consultors from around the world ...

World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
The theme for the Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly has been published

  The Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on Sunday, July 23. The theme chosen by the Holy Father is “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50), which expresses the ...

Events
A meeting with the Holy Father closes the work of the Conference "Pastors and laity called to walk together"

      This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in Audience, in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican, the participants in the International Conference for the Presidents and Referents ...

Persons with Disabilities
With the story of the meeting with the Pope, the #TheChurchIsOurHome series on disability and the Synod concludes

  The video being released today concludes the #TheChurchIsOurHome series and recounts the delivery of the summary of the Special Synodal Listening Session, dedicated to persons with ...