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27/09/2017
Youth
In Slovakia, a new two-year school of formation for young lay people has been launched

A new educational project for pastoral animators working with young people has been launched by the diocese of Nitra in collaboration with Constantine the Philosopher University: registration is open ...

26/09/2017
Laity
Msgr. Clasen: “Every Christian is missionary in the family and at work”

From 26 November 2017, Solemnity of Christ the King, to 25 November 2018, the Church in Brazil will celebrate the “Year of the Laity.” At this year’s second ordinary meeting of the Permanent Council, ...

25/09/2017
Youth
The Panama WYD at the Center of the First Latin American Congress on Pastoral Care of Tourism

“Tourism, Pilgrimage and Sustainable Development” is the theme of the First Latin American Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism, which is being held in Panama, at the Auditorium “Benjamin Ayechu” ...

25/09/2017
Associations and Movements
Positive Signs of Dialogue and Collaboration Between the Japanese Bishops and Ecclesial Movements

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has concluded the pastoral visit to Japan. On this occasion Pope Francis sent a letter to the local Bishops, ...

22/09/2017
Movements - Communities
In Tarnów, An International Conference of the Leaders of Encounters of Married Couples

Three hundred fifty representatives of the Centers of Encounters of Married Couples attended the International Conference for Leaders that was held from 8 to 10 September at the Theological Seminar in ...

21/09/2017
Young People
Areas Affected by the Earthquake Among the Stages of the Pilgrimage of the World Youth Day Symbols

While Mexico digs into the rubble and weeps over those who died a few days ago in the tragic earthquake, the Pilgrimage of the World Youth Day symbols continues. It is significant that at a time of ...

19/09/2017
Pope Francis
The New “John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute” for Matrimonial and Family Sciences Instituted in a Motu Propio

“This synodal season has led the Church to renewed awareness of the Gospel of the Family and of new pastoral challenges that the Christian community is called on to answer. The centrality of the ...

19/09/2017
Bolivia
Ad Limina Visit of Bolivia’s Bishops

“We must highlight and value what makes our youth good. Bolivian young people are good and courageous. They engage in volunteer work and evangelization!” This is how the Bolivian Bishops, on their Ad ...

18/09/2017
Synod on Youth
The Conclusions of the International Seminar Organized by the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops

Identity, planning, otherness, technology, transcendence: These are the keywords of the reflections at the International Seminar on the Condition of Youth held in recent days in the Auditorium of the ...

18/09/2017
Academy for Life
On 5 and 6 October a workshop at the Pontifical Academy for Life

"Outline the impact of technology on human life from its beginning to its end, presenting the anthropological aspects of parenthood and cultural aspects of the civilization of efficiency," ...