2024
Persons with disabilities
A summary of the contributions of persons with disabilities to the Synodal journey has been published
What is the contribution of the faithful with disabilities to the life of the Church? “An Unlimited Joy”, the document we are publishing today and which was presented to the General Secretariat ...
Life
A meeting at the UN in Geneva to reflect on the exploitation and commodification of women and children
Gabriella Gambino, Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, moderated a meeting in Geneva – ‘At what price? Towards the abolition of surrogacy: Preventing the expolitation ...
WYD Seoul 2027
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Seoul and Lisbon work together for the next World Youth Day in 2027
On 27 and 28 May, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life met with the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Seoul, which will host the next edition of World Youth Day (WYD). The invitation was ...
Ad Limina
The Dicastery welcomed Slovak bishops in June
On 6 June, the bishops from the Slovak Conference of Bishops conducted their five-year Ad Limina Visit to the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. The vitality of lay aggregations in ...
Movements and Associations
Cardinal Kevin Farrell opens the Annual Meeting with Moderators
After the Opening Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica and the Audience with Pope Francis, the Annual Meeting with Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities ...
Movements and Associations
In New Synod Hall, the opening session together with about 200 moderators and delegates
"I am pleased to meet with you and take this opportunity to reflect with you on synodality, which you have chosen as the theme for your meeting".With these words, Pope Francis addressed the ...
Movements and Associations
On 13 June in the Vatican, the Annual Meeting with Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements, and New Communities organised by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
Around 200 participants will attend the Annual Meeting with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements, and New Communities, organised by the Dicastery for Laity, ...
Associations and Movements
Report of the 2023 Annual Meeting has been published
The report of the Annual Meeting of 2023 that the Dicastery organised with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities has been published. Organised ...
Ad Limina
Comparing three European realities during the Dicastery’s meetings in May
After the conclusion of the Ad Limina Visits in the Italian regions and following the Visit of Japan in April, some European Conferences of Bishops met with the Dicastery in May. Bosnia and ...
Youth Ministry
The International Congress on Youth Ministry has concluded. Here are the key points that emerged from the meeting
The International Congress on Youth Ministry – ‘For a Synodal Youth Ministry: New Leadership Styles and Strategies’ – which was organised by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life ...
Grandparents and the Elderly
80 representatives of bishops’ conferences and international associations at the webinar organised ahead of the 4th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
The webinar on the pastoral care of the elderly – organised on the occasion of the publication of the Holy Father's message and pastoral kit for the 4th World Day for Grandparents and the ...
Youth Ministry
Pope Francis’ invitation to go forth with courage, bringing to all the good news that Jesus is alive and that Jesus is the Lord
The third and final day of the International Congress on Youth Ministry organised by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life opened with an audience with Pope Francis. We publish his complete ...
Youth Ministry
Starting anew from Christus vivit by taking a synodal approach
After the first day, during which the first preparatory meeting for World Youth Day in Seoul in 2027 occurred, the entire second day of the International Congress on Youth Ministry organised by ...
Youth Pastoral Ministry
To the 300 participants also the presentation of the next Youth Jubilee and WYD Seoul 2027
The International Congress on Youth Ministry organised by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life (DLFL) commenced this morning, on 23 May 2024. Around 300 participants from 110 ...
Life
Launched by the Dicastery, the task of accompanying and supporting the Family and Life Commissions of the Bishops’ Conferences around the world
On 18 April, the Dicastery hosted an online meeting attended by almost 200 people including heads of the Family and Life Commissions of the Bishops’ Conferences, representatives of family ...