2024
Witnesses of the Faith
Card. Farrell: let us turn to the Martyrs to ask for the gift of peace we so desperately need
A solemn Prayer vigil in remembrance of those who have given their lives for the Kingdom of God in recent years was held on Tuesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Basilica of St. ...
Christus Vivit
A reflection by Card. Kevin Farrell on L'Osservatore romano
L'Osservatore romano - In 2019, with the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christus vivit, Pope Francis brought to completion the synodal journey he himself launched in October ...
Family Global Compact
Under-Secretary Gabriella Gambino's speech on the Family Global Compact at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Berit Institute for the Family
Last 18 March, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Berit Institute for the Family, an afternoon at the Catholic University of Avila (UCAV) was organised for the presentation of the ...
Christus Vivit
Five years after the publication of Christus Vivit, Pope Francis writes a new message to young people
On 25 March 2019, in the Holy House of Loreto, Pope Francis signed the Post-Synodal Exhortation Christus Vivit, a 'letter' to young people that encapsulated the work of the Synod of Bishops on ...
Women and the Church
In her speech at the press conference, the Under-Secretary Gabriella Gambino offered a reflection on the 10 women saints who, in their different states of life, have sown the Word of God in the world
On Wednesday February 28, 2024, at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome, a press conference took place, to present the International Inter-University Congress "Women in the ...
Ad Limina
The President of the Italian Episcopal Conference and three ecclesiastical regions in February
In February, the President of the Italian Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Bologna, Card. Matteo Zuppi, accompanied his ecclesiastical region of Emilia Romagna on a visit to the ...
WYD
From the 25th of February to the 25th of April, a 12-week social campaign to rediscover the relevance of the Pope's letter to young people and keep alive the experience of World Youth Days
This year, the Church celebrates the five-year anniversary of the publication of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Christus Vivit. On the 25th of March 2019 in fact, Pope Francis signed ...
Grandparents and Elderly
Card. Farrell: In this year dedicated to prayer, let us build the broader ‘we’ of ecclesial communion
This morning, the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the next World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on 28 July 2024 in all the dioceses of the world, was ...
Associations and Movements
The Neocatechumenal Way visiting the Dicastery
The initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way, Kiko Argüello, together with Father Mario Pezzi and María Ascensión Romero, members of the International Team, were received on a visit by the Prefect ...
Ad Limina
The ad Limina visits of the Italian bishops began in January
The sixteen regional jurisdictions which make up the Italian Bishops' Conference have started to meet, one by one, with Pope Francis and the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia. The last time the ...
Associations and Movements
Communion, Fraternity among Peoples, and Service: Scouts and their Educational Methods
The Secretary of the Dicastery, Mr. Gleison de Paula Souza, welcomed the Federal Bureau of the International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe (UIGSE-FSE). Mr. Gleison de Paula Souza was ...
WYD
Chagas: continuation of the Youth Synod, WYD in Central America was a great experience of listening
On 27 January 2019, some 700,000 young people from around the world gathered at Campo San Juan Pablo II in Panama City for the Mass that concluded an intense and profound week of ...
Associations and Movements
The number of international associations of the faithful and other entities recognised by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has risen to 117. Last Friday, a ceremony was held ...
Family and Life
A digital brochure collecting pastoral tools for dioceses, parishes and ecclesial movements
The website of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has been enriched with a new page collecting all the tools for the pastoral care of Family and Life, ...
Youth
A presentation of future projects for and with young people, including GenFest 2024
The Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Dr Gleison De Paula Souza, together with officials from the youth area of the Dicastery, welcomed the group from the International ...