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World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
The Dicastery’s Secretary comments on the theme chosen by Pope Francis

  © Vatican News - “His mercy is from age to age” is the theme of the third edition of the worldwide event, desired by Pope Francis, which will be celebrated on July 23 with a Mass by the ...

Guidelines WYD
The guidelines approved by the Holy Father are an encouragement for the whole Church to give a new impetus to the youth day celebrated in the local realities

  An experience of faith and vocational discernment, a personal encounter between pastors and young people (not only those involved in the life of the Church), an opportunity to discover and put ...

Movements - Communities
The Message of the Secretary, Father Awi Mello, to the Schoenstatt Ibero-American Family Work Congress

“With Joy, Families reaching out” was the theme of the Schoenstatt Ibero-American Family Work Congress held in Ecuador. Hundreds of married couples from fourteen countries, members of the three ...

Charis
The Secretary, Fr. Awi Mello, meets with the coordinators of the National Services of Communion

  “Promoting, fostering and strengthening communion and unity among all the realities of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in each country." With this encouragement Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello, ...

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Interview of the Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life to Vatican News

  A Marian spirituality capable of touching the deepest chords of the priestly vocation, but not only, also giving new energy to the life of faith: this is the extreme synthesis of the charism ...

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A communiqué by Schoenstatt Fathers announces the General Council of the Community

  The 6th General Chapter of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, which began meeting on August 3, 2022, elected the new General Council of the Community for the next six years, ...

Women
Concluding remarks by Fr. Awi Mello at the First International Seminar on Woman

  The Latin American Academy of Catholic Leaders organized its 1st International Seminar on Women with the objective of reflecting and deepening the role, contribution and challenges of women in ...

WYD
Exaudi News interview with the Secretary of the Dicastery in the run-up to the diocesan WYD on 21 November

  “Young people are ‘God’s now’ and the strength of the Church,” says Father Alexandre Awi Mello, Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life, when talking about  the ...

Sport
Acknowledgement of the Dicastery's work in promoting faith and values through sport

  On October 1st, the President of the Retina d'Oro, Mauro Rufini together with Sports Director, Giampiero Caneschi, presented the "Special 2021 Retina d'Oro Award" to the Dicastery for ...

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 ...