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WYD Lisbon 2023
In a video message, the Holy Father calls on young people to be "missionaries, sowers and witnesses" of what they experienced in Lisbon last August

  “You still cherish the memory of the Day, don't you? It is a memory that is not to be packed away or left alone in photo albums. It should be a living memory, and you have to keep it alive”. ...

#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 ...

WYD Lisbon 2023
Card. Lacroix: “Transforming the heart is called to be integral and touches every aspect of our lives”

  Each morning from now until Aug. 4, meetings called "Rise up!" will be held in Lisbon and the WYD pilgrims are invited to participate and listen to each other and dialogue, in synodal ...

Associations and Movements
The annual meeting with the moderators

  One hundred and fifty participants and eighty-five ecclesial associations were represented at the Annual Meeting with moderators of the international associations of the faithful, ecclesial ...

"Amoris Laetitia Family" Year
The commitment of the dioceses to renewing family ministry by starting afresh from Amoris Laetitia

  One year from the celebration of the X World Meeting of Families, which concluded the "Amoris Laetitia Family" Year, at the Church level there is still an echo of the many ...

Associations and movements
Theme of the Meeting: Apostolicity, the heart of movements' identity

    This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which concluded with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Events
Conclusion of the second day of the Conference, participants’ presentations and testimonies

  On the second day of the Conference "Pastors and Lay Faithful Called to Go Forward Together", underway in the Vatican's New Synod Hall, the main theme was the importance of ongoing ...

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A summary of the first day's session, with speeches and testimonies from around the world

  The Conference for the Presidents and Representatives of Episcopal Commissions for the Laity began this morning in the New Synod Hall. Its goal is to create a place for dialogue and the ...