Family

If “the family is a factory of hope, the most beautiful thing God has done,” as Pope Francis said in Philadelphia, is making it the sign of the beauty and joy of love (Amoris Laetitia) that “the ...

This is the title of the reflection of the Undersecretary of the Dicastery, Gabriella Gambino, on one of the hot topics to be addressed at the upcoming World Meeting in Dublin: educating children in ...

“His mother kept all these things in her heart” (Lk 2:51) is this Gospel phrase focused on in the sixth artistic clip for the preparation of the World Meeting of the Families of Dublin. The soundtrack ...

Hundreds of families have, for years, gravitated around—and are the protagonists of—a great project built on these pillars: the family is an active agent of pastoral care, an agent building up the ...

“The human family as an image of God, man and woman, is only one. It is only one.” Pope Francis said this, a few days ago, speaking off-the-cuff to a delegation from the Forum of Family Associations ...

Penetrate all cultures—medical, juridical, philosophical, and pedagogical—and animate them from within, so that they express the whole truth about man and life: this was reaffirmed by Pope Francis in ...

The official program of Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Ireland, on August 25th and 26th, on the occasion of the World Meeting of Families, has been published. Yesterday, the Press Office of the Holy ...

Franz Schubert’s “Mille Cherubini in Coro” is the soundtrack of the fifth artistic multimedia clip produced by the Dicastery with the collaboration of the Franciscans of Mary in preparation for the ...

In recent days, Pope Francis spoke several times, in his homilies and at meetings, about the family and life, themes that our Dicastery obviously follows with special attention. The homily he gave a ...

The Apostolic Exhortation “Gaudete et exsultate” and the new statute of our Dicastery; the mission for movements and lay associations explained by Undersecretary Linda Ghisoni in an interview. Another ...

The 2018 Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe has been prepared by the Institute for Family Policy (IFP). Demographic evolution, the evolution of nuptiality, family and reconciliation, and ...

Pope Francis will grant the gift of indulgences to the faithful on the occasion of the IX World Meeting of Families. This was announced by the Apostolic Penitentiary with a decree issued today, ...

Set on a hill, on a site that covers 15,000 square meters, there will be a house for pilgrims with 103 family-sized rooms, a home for refugees and the poor, a church, and a structure with auditoriums ...

"The competences of a Dicastery like ours, for the Laity, Family and Life, reveal themselves more and more in their connection, in their transversal interconnection." These are the words of ...

“And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers” (Lk 2:47): this evangelical phrase is the theme of the fourth artistic clip in preparation for the Dublin World Meeting of ...