2026
WYD Seoul 2027
The Second International Preparatory Meeting for World Youth Day Seoul 2027 concluded on September 17, sending about delegates from more than 100 countries home with the ...
WYD 2027
The opening Mass of the 2nd International Meeting in preparation for WYD Seoul 2027 was celebrated on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
This afternoon, 14 September, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, presided over the opening Mass of the 2nd International Meeting in preparation ...
WYD Seoul 2027
300 youth ministry delegates from around the world have gathered in Seoul/Incheon to prepare for WYD 2027
Once again this year, as is customary ahead of an international World Youth Day, some 300 delegates from over 100 countries – representing episcopal conferences, movements and ...
Family - Associations and Movements
How can we proclaim to young people today the beauty of a promise that lasts forever? At the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, ...
WYD Seoul 2027
With one year to go, the Local Organizing Committee has released the official song that will accompany the World Youth Day in Seoul
The official Theme Song for the upcoming 41st World Youth Day, which will take place in Seoul from August 3 to 8 of next year, was unveiled on August 3—exactly one year before the event ...
WYD Seoul 2027
Bishops and youth ministry leaders are invited to prepare together with young people for the pilgrimage to Seoul in 2027
With the publication of a press release from the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for World Youth Day Seoul 2027 yesterday, July 30th, the countdown has begun to the start of World Youth ...
WYD Seoul 2027
From August 3, WYD Seoul 2027 Enters Full Implementation Phase
With one year remaining before World Youth Day Seoul 2027 (August, 3-8, 2027) opens, the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) is moving preparations from groundwork to full implementation across ...
Associations and Movements
Message by Cardinal Farrell in preparation for the 2027 Jubilee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal is preparing to celebrate its Jubilee in 2027. Accordingly, on Saturday, May 30, the International Service for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CHARIS), ...
Youth and Family
Training Course in Guadarrama for Family Ministry Workers in Spain
A training course for family ministry workers from Spanish dioceses, titled “One Flesh: In Praise of Monogamy,” took place in Guadarrama (Madrid) from July 9 to 12, 2026. The initiative was ...
Marriage and Family
45th Anniversary of “Couples for Christ” in Manila
His Excellency Monsignor Dario Gervasi, Adjunct Secretary, and Father Giovanni Buontempo, official of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, traveled to the Philippines in June for ...
Amoris Laetitia 10th Anniversary
The Meeting convened by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV with the Heads of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences will be held in the Vatican from 7 to 14 October 2026
Ten years after Amoris laetitia: proclaiming the Gospel with families today. The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and the General Secretariat of the Synod have published the ...
Pray with the Pope
A few weeks ago, during his Apostolic Journey to Spain, Pope Leo XIV addressed these words in the Congress of Deputees: “Every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception to ...
Family
Christian couples are called to bring to the Church a living witness to the marriage covenant
The 15th “Mistero Grande” Theological-Pastoral Conference took place in Sacrofano (Italy), at the Fraterna Domus guesthouse, from June 26 to 28. This year’s conference was dedicated to the ...
Family and Life
Two days of meetings to promote pastoral care for human life
Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, was invited by His Excellency Monsignor Wiesław Śmigiel, President of the Council for the Family of the Polish ...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
A kit with pastoral guidelines for the celebration is available
Pope Leo XIV’s message on the occasion of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly was published today; the sixth edition of this event will be celebrated on Sunday, July 26, ...