Family
Marriage and Family
Gabriella Gambino: ‘nuptial mystagogy’ and openness to life are the prophetic actions for young married couples
The National Family Ministry Meeting is getting underway in Colombia from 22 to 24 October 2026. This year’s event focuses on the third stage of the process of implementing the “Catechumenal ...
10th Anniversary of Amoris Laetitia
Opening Remarks by Pope Leo XIV, Greetings from Farrell and Grech, Meditation by Sr. Alford
Yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, October 7, 2026, the solemn Meeting in the Paul VI Hall, bringing together the Heads of the Eastern Churches and the Presidents of the Episcopal ...
Elderly
65 Episcopal Conferences connected online to discuss their current experiences
Pastoral care of the elderly is becoming an established part of the day-to-day life of dioceses and communities and can become a structured commitment everywhere, no longer reliant on one-off ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Family
The 16th National Symposium on Families took place in Brazil
The National Symposium on Families is an event organised annually in Brazil by the National Commission for Family Ministry of the CNBB (Brazilian Bishops’ Conference). At this year’s ...
Family
In Barcelona, from 21 to 24 May, the International Workshop and Plenary Assemblies of Redifam and Rediuf
On 21 and 22 May 2026, the International Workshop on the theme Youth, Life Paths and Family Project was held in Barcelona at the headquarters of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, ...
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 ...
Marriage and Family
An ecclesial reflection on marriage, faith and the munus docendi: the focus was on the formation of priests for family ministry
A study seminar dedicated to the relationship between marriage, faith and priestly formation took place on 28 April at the Casina Pio IV, with the aim of exploring an issue of growing relevance ...
Family
A document is published on living in the family the care of Creation and of every person
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life have published “Integral Ecology in the life of the family" a document developed to transmit in ...
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 ...