Under-Secretary for family and life

Youth and Family
Training Course in Guadarrama for Family Ministry Workers in Spain

  A training course for family ministry workers from Spanish dioceses, titled “One Flesh: In Praise of Monogamy,” took place in Guadarrama (Madrid) from July 9 to 12, 2026. The initiative was ...

Family
Christian couples are called to bring to the Church a living witness to the marriage covenant

  The 15th “Mistero Grande” Theological-Pastoral Conference took place in Sacrofano (Italy), at the Fraterna Domus guesthouse, from June 26 to 28. This year’s conference was dedicated to the ...

Family and Life
Two days of meetings to promote pastoral care for human life

  Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, was invited by His Excellency Monsignor Wiesław Śmigiel, President of the Council for the Family of the Polish ...

Family Global Compact
Proceedings of the International Congress “Relational Health in Family Bonds”

                                                      Relational ...

Marriage and Family
8th Interdisciplinary Study Day: The Role of Family and Community in Marriage Preparation

    On March 5, 2026, the Center for Legal Studies on the Family at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross organized the eighth edition of the Interdisciplinary Study Day dedicated to ...

Human Life
The Holy See’s project, launched with the publication of the booklet “Life Is Always a Good”, is being carried out through dialogue with the local Churches

  Between May and December 2025, 15 online meetings were held by the Dicastery’s Family and Life Area with 60 heads of the Offices for the Pastoral Care of Life from the Conferences of Bishops of ...

Human Life and Family
Family Global Compact Barcelona: an exemplary collaboration in the face of the challenges of euthanasia and assisted suicide

  On 15 November, Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, took part in a study day organized by the Family Global Compact Barcelona platform, ...

Family
French Catholic Family Associations celebrate 120 years of commitment to the family

  On 21 November, the French Catholic Family Associations (AFC) marked their 120th anniversary with a conference in Paris titled “Families are the cradle of the future of humanity (Pope Leo ...

Marriage
The pastoral issue of the faith–marriage relationship in Gabriella Gambino’s Lectio Magistralis at the Faculty of Theology of Lugano

  On 30 October, the Faculty of Theology of Lugano held the solemn inauguration of the 2025–2026 Academic Year, in the presence of the Rector, Prof. René Roux, the Grand Chancellor, H.E. ...

Family
Gabriella Gambino’s call at the International Secretariat of New Families

  The meeting of the International Secretariat of New Families (Focolare Movement) ended in Nairobi, with delegates from all over the world gathering from 23-25 October 2025, under ...