2025
Family
A call from the Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life on the occasion of the 15th National Symposium on Families in Aparecida, Brazil
“I thank you for all the work you are doing through the Church’s evangelizing mission in Brazil, in communion with Pope Leo XIV, as we renew our identity as pilgrims of hope, serving families ...
Pope Leo XIV
Young people, children and mothers, in Pope Leo XIV's first Regina Coeli
On Sunday 11 May, Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and, in front of about 100,000 people, recited his first Regina Coeli. Welcoming and ...
Life
the new Pastoral Framework of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
Tomorrow, 25 March 2025, marks the 30th Anniversary of the Encyclical Letter Evangelium vitae. On this occasion, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is publishing a Pastoral ...
Women
Sex-selective practices in Gabriella Gambino’s address at the side event of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York
“The international community must therefore feel called to reflect on the urgency of establishing a universal ban on all forms of sex-selective practices, both before and after birth, and to ...
Women
Education, cultural shift in family and motherhood, recognition of the dignity and the right to life of every human being in the Statement by Gabriella Gambino, Head of the Holy See Delegation at the UN 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Equality between man and woman, much remains to be done. Education, cultural shift in family and motherhood, recognition of the dignity and the right to life of every human being: these are the ...