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Associations and Movements
Bishop Msgr. Dario Gervasi, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, addressed the Magnificat Community during the association's General Conference
“Communion and fraternity as the main paths of evangelization”. This is how Bishop Msgr. Dario Gervasi, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, urged the Magnificat ...
Dicastery
Holy Mass in preparation for Christmas for Vatican employees at Palazzo San Calisto, presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin
On 18 December, a Holy Mass in preparation for Christmas was held in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of ...
IYAB
From twenty cultures to one body: the young members of the International Youth Advisory Body proclaim, “Christ is alive!”
From 9-13 December, Rome hosted the first in-person meeting of the newly elected members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB), composed of 20 young advisors from various ...
IYAB
The second group of IYAB, at the service of the Universal Church, meets the Dicastery
From December 9-13, 2024, the First Meeting of New Members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB) is taking place in Rome. Sharing, mutual listening and spirt of mission Twenty young ...
Laity
Intervention by Card. Kevin Farrell to the II International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety
The 2nd International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety was held from 4 to 8 December in Seville, Spain. The International Congress opened with the reading of Pope Francis' Message ...
Elderly
Two online meetings, towards the 2nd International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly
On 3 and 5 December, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life organized two important online meetings with those responsible for the pastoral care of the elderly in the Conferences of Bishops ...
Movements and Associations
The proceedings of the Meeting of Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities have been published (13 June 2024)
The book, which will soon be translated into English, Spanish, and French, includes the texts of the papers from the day with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements ...
WYD
Portuguese and Korean Youth in St. Peter’s basilica for the handover of WYDs Symbols
During the weekend of November 23-24, the 39th World Youth Day was celebrated all around the world. In the Vatican, it was especially celebrated with the ceremonial passing of the Youth Cross ...
Ad Limina
In November, the Dicastery also met with Greece
The Catholic Church in Greece is a very minoritarian Church. Greek Catholics of all rites (Latin, Byzantine, Armenian) number about 60,000 faithful (0.5% of the country's population). In ...
Ad Limina
The Ad Limina Visits of the SECAM countries ended in November
With four Episcopal Conferences - Namibia, Lesotho, Mali and CERNA - the Visits ad Limina of the countries that are part of SECAM/SCEAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and ...