Youth
The Youth Area of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life—once known as the Youth Section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity established in 1986 by John Paul II - serves to give visibility and concreteness to the importance that the Pope and the whole Church attribute to the world of the young.
Within the universal Church, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life publicizes the Holy Father’s initiatives; it is at the service of the Episcopal Conferences in the field of youth ministry; it addresses youth movements, associations, and international communities, promoting collaboration and meetings between the various ecclesial realities; and it organizes conferences on youth ministry at international and continental levels.
The central element of its activity is the preparation of the international World Youth Days (WYD) that, every two or three years in different countries, gather hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world around the Pope. The WYD, established by John Paul II in 1985, also plans annual celebrations in local Churches, in the Solemnity of Christ the King.
The Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life also supports the activities of the San Lorenzo International Youth Center, which is entrusted with the mission of welcoming and evangelizing young people who go to Rome to study or on pilgrimage.
News
WYD
Two days of activities to pinpoint where the preparation stand and promote the active participation of all young people, as we wait for registration to open up
The International Preparatory Meeting for World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 concluded today in Fátima. From October 17-19, the event gathered all the teams of the Local Organizing Committee (COL) of ...
WYD
Card. Farrell to the youth ministry delegates from around the world gathered in Fátima/Lisbon to prepare for WYD 2023
About 300 delegates from more than 100 countries, who belong to Episcopal Conferences, Movements, and Associations, gathered for the first time face-to-face since WYD Panama, due to the ...
John Paul II Foundation for the Youth
The new logo and site were both presented to strengthen service towards the international youth ministry
Thirty years after its establishment in our Dicastery, the John Paul II Foundation for Youth celebrated its anniversary, during a meeting in the Vatican, by presenting its activities and new ...