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the new Pastoral Framework of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
Tomorrow, 25 March 2025, marks the 30th Anniversary of the Encyclical Letter Evangelium vitae. On this occasion, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is publishing a Pastoral ...
Women
Sex-selective practices in Gabriella Gambino’s address at the side event of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York
“The international community must therefore feel called to reflect on the urgency of establishing a universal ban on all forms of sex-selective practices, both before and after birth, and to ...
Family
The Secretary of the Dicastery, Dr. De Paula Souza, introduced a panel at the International Summit on Children's Rights
“Having a family is literally a fundamental right as it is the foundation for a whole range of other rights that a child cannot fully enjoy without a family.” With these words, Dr. Gleison De ...
Elderly
Two online meetings, towards the 2nd International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly
On 3 and 5 December, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life organized two important online meetings with those responsible for the pastoral care of the elderly in the Conferences of Bishops ...
Persons with disabilities
A summary of the contributions of persons with disabilities to the Synodal journey has been published
What is the contribution of the faithful with disabilities to the life of the Church? “An Unlimited Joy”, the document we are publishing today and which was presented to the General Secretariat ...
Life
A meeting at the UN in Geneva to reflect on the exploitation and commodification of women and children
Gabriella Gambino, Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, moderated a meeting in Geneva – ‘At what price? Towards the abolition of surrogacy: Preventing the expolitation ...
Life
Launched by the Dicastery, the task of accompanying and supporting the Family and Life Commissions of the Bishops’ Conferences around the world
On 18 April, the Dicastery hosted an online meeting attended by almost 200 people including heads of the Family and Life Commissions of the Bishops’ Conferences, representatives of family ...
Life
The statement of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is available on our website
The statement of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas infinita – a document commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – was ...
Grandparents and Elderly
Card. Farrell: In this year dedicated to prayer, let us build the broader ‘we’ of ecclesial communion
This morning, the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the next World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on 28 July 2024 in all the dioceses of the world, was ...
Family and Life
A digital brochure collecting pastoral tools for dioceses, parishes and ecclesial movements
The website of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has been enriched with a new page collecting all the tools for the pastoral care of Family and Life, ...
Christmas 2023
A meditation for the Christmas Season by the Prefect of the Dicastery, Card. Farrell
Dear friends, A few days ago, the Holy Father extended an invitation to us when he said, “Let us value silence, sobriety and listening. May Mary, Virgin of silence, help us to love the desert ...
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Our fifth podcast presents “Keys to Bioethics”, a manual to explore some of the most topical issues in bioethics
The fifth of the six podcasts produced by the Dicastery is now available online in Italian and English. The theme is “Keys to Bioethics” an e-book downloadable on smartphones. Several bioethics ...
Life
Under-secretary Gambino's video message to the National Pastoral Meeting with the guatemalteche families
“The pastoral care of life is called to give value to the dignity of every person in every situation and age, as well as to accompany it to fullness”. With these words Professor Gabriella ...
Women
Statement by Cardinal Kevin Farrell on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25, 2023)
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Card. Kevin Farrell, emphasized the importance ...
Life
A reflection by the Undersecretary of the Department, Prof. Gabriella Gambino, on the case of little Indi Gregory
Published in L'Osservatore Romano is a reflection by Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, on the story of little Indi Gregory, the ...