2026
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 ...
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, ...
Associations and Movements
Two founders who were passionate about Christ and dedicated to evangelization
On the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in the Basilica of St. Ambrose in Milan, Italy, Archbishop Mario Delpini presided over the celebration of the Liturgy of ...
Elderly
On 10 June 2026, a Study Day on Pastoral Care of the Elderly
On 10 June 2026, the study day entitled “A Bridge Towards Heaven: The Magisterium of Fragility In A Time Of Strength” will be held in Rome, in the Sala Pio XI of Palazzo San Calisto. The event ...
Pope Leo XIV
A Church journeying through human history: the challenges of our time call upon contemporary men and women
On 25 May 2026, the Holy Father Leo XIV’s first Encyclical Letter was published, entitled Magnifica Humanitas. On the protection of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence. On ...
Associations and Movements
Cardinal Kevin Farrell opened the Meeting, which continued with presentations by experts on the topic and updates from the Dicastery. The Holy Father’s visit, group discussions and the ...
Associations and Movements
Pope Leo XIV's meeting with Moderators of Associations of the faithful
Below is the Address given by the Holy Father Leo XIV to Participants in the Meeting of Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, organised by the ...