2026
Marriage and Family
Tuesday, 28 April, a Day devoted to formation of priests in accompanying young people, engaged couples, and married couples in faith will take place
On Tuesday 28 April 2026, at the Casina Pio IV, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life will host a study day on “The Sacrament of Marriage, Faith and the Munus Docendi". The ...
Ad Limina
In March, the Dicastery welcomed bishops of Nigeria, Uganda, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia for their Ad Limina visit
Four Episcopal Conferences from West Africa—two from Nigeria, one from Uganda, and one comprising Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia—met with the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life to engage ...
Laity
A life dedicated to the laity and to accompanying married couples
The Holy Father Leo XIV has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree recognizing the heroic virtues of the diocesan priest Henri Caffarel, founder of the ...
World Children’s Day
Following the Chirograph of the Holy Father Leo XIV regarding World Children’s Day (February 12, 2026), the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, after careful consideration and in agreement ...
Amoris Laetitia
Dear brothers and sisters, On 19 March 2016, Pope Francis offered the universal Church a luminous message of hope regarding conjugal love and family life, which was the ...