Pope Francis

Dicastery

  The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed as Consultors of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life: Reverend Monsignor Simone Renna, Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for the Clergy; Reverend ...

IYAB
A private and moving moment to conclude the mandate of the first members of the Advisory Body

  Recently, at the conclusion of their final meeting after a four-year period of activity, the members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB) met with the Holy Father in an informal ...

Dicastery
The Church's universal face in the newly-appointed members who join those in office

  The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed ad quinquennium as Members of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life: H.E. Msgr. Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses – Archbishop of Seville (Spain); Rev. Fr. ...

WYD
Pope Francis marks the beginning of a two-year cycle on the theme of hope that will prepare young people for the Jubilee of 2025

  The Holy Father's Message to the youth for the XXXVIII World Youth Day to be celebrated in particular Churches around the world on the Solemnity of Christ the King, November 26, 2023, is ...

Children
A delegation of children from France's L'Action Catholique des Enfants and their chaperones visited the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life on the occasion of their meeting with the Holy Father

  More than seven thousand children answered to the Holy Father's invitation to meet him at the Vatican on November 6, 2023, and filled the Paul VI Hall with their voices, songs and colorful ...

Youth
A friend of the youth, he was President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

  During the Audience granted on November 8 to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same Dicastery to promulgate the ...

Associations and Movements
The organism’s General Assembly was held prior to the event in the Paul VI Hall where Pope Francis spoke

  It has now been more than four years since the founding of CHARIS, the body erected by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life to serve the current of grace of the Catholic Charismatic ...

Associations and Movements
Giving themselves to God in the service of the Church and all the suffering and outcast, thereby making hope visible around the world

  From Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, around 1,000 people, who belong to the faithful association, Família da Esperança, came from various countries around the world to participate in a pilgrimage to Rome ...

#Synod 2023
Before Pope Francis, 18,000 people gathered together entrusting the work of the Synod to the Holy Spirit

  With their testimonies, Agatha, Emile and Tilen: three young members of the IYAB - the Youth Advisory Body established by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life - opened Together, the ...

#Synod 2023
Pope Francis invites us to embrace listening and dialogue through the Synod

  (Vatican City, 29 September 2023) – The Pope Video for October, an initiative of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network is about to be released. Its message is focused on ...