2025
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Dicastery's Pastoral indications for a Jubilee celebration with the elderly unable to physically make the pilgrimage
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life has released the official prayer and suggestions for celebrations, with particular attention to elderly people unable to participate in the jubilee ...
Laity
In June, the beatification of the young Congolese man and the announcement of canonisations and decrees of venerability
On 15 June, the solemn beatification of the young Floribert Bwuana Chui, a Congolese from Goma, took place. He was killed in 2007 after resisting pressure to allow shipments of rotten rice to ...
Human Life
A series of webinars with delegates from the Life Offices of the Episcopal Conferences has begun: one more step towards building a Pastoral Care of Human Life
Following the recent publication of the resource “Life is always a good”, edited by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, the first two online meetings were held in May and June with the ...
Youth
De Paula Souza spoke at the Interreligious Forum for Peace in the Balkans in Koper, organised by the Slovenian Bishops' Conference
Highly sensitive to the serious conflict in Eastern Europe and aware of the fragility of peace, even in the Balkan countries, the bishops of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference organised, once ...
Family
A study seminar and a project for an International Confederation of Catholic Family Associations
How can family networks make an effective contribution to the Church and society? This was the topic discussed by participants at the International Seminar ‘Family Networks for the Future of ...