Life

Grandparents and Elderly - Youth
Dialogue between generations and the theme of the visitation will be the focus of the two celebrations

  The Holy Father's calendar of appointments for the current month of July and the upcoming month of August was released today. There are three appointments and at least two involve events ...

Family Global Compact
A Global Pact to promote family, marriage, human life presented at the Holy See Press Office and in a webinar

  “A shared program of actions” to establish dialogue between family ministry and family research centers in Catholic universities throughout the world “for the promotion of the family in light ...

Family and Life
Meeting of the Bishops and National Directors for Family and Life of the European Bishops’ Conferences, Bucharest, 8 - 10 May 2023

  The Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) met in Bucharest from 8 to 10 May, to discuss the theme “The family in Europe today”. Forty participants from 22 countries attended the ...

Life
WOOMB International Congress

  Last 28 and 29 April, Italian and international experts, professors and speakers discussed the development of the scientific and educational program from fertility knowledge to personalized ...

World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
The theme for the Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly has been published

  The Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on Sunday, July 23. The theme chosen by the Holy Father is “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50), which expresses the ...

Family and life
In an interview with Vatican News, the Under-Secretary, Gabriella Gambino, talks about the SynAct Family initiative and Catechumenal Pathways

  (www.vaticannews.va) In an online meeting held a few days ago, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life presented the SynAct Family (Synod in Action) social platform promoted by the Dicastery ...

Family and Life
The first online meeting to familiarize with the two tools made available by the Dicastery

  During the International Forum on Amoris Laetitia (June 9-12, 2022) held during the Amoris Laetitia Family Year, bishops' conferences and international movements and associations involved in ...

Persons with Disabilities
With the story of the meeting with the Pope, the #TheChurchIsOurHome series on disability and the Synod concludes

  The video being released today concludes the #TheChurchIsOurHome series and recounts the delivery of the summary of the Special Synodal Listening Session, dedicated to persons with ...

Persons with disabilities
“Rise up and walk!” is how the second video in the series on people with disabilities and the Synod is entitled

  During his audience on December 12, Pope Francis said: "because we usually associate with disability the idea of need, assistance and at times – thank God, less and less – a certain ...

Persons with disabilities
The second meeting of the Dicastery with the Bishops' Conferences leaders for the pastoral care of people with disabilities took place. The introductory speech by Undersecretary Gabriella Gambino

  The first video of the series #TheChurchIsOur-Home, dedicated to the theme of the participation of persons with disabilities in the life of the Church, was published on the social channels of ...

Persons with disabilities
The first video of the series on persons with disabilities and the Synod, has been published

  The first video of the series #TheChurchIsOurHome that revolves around the theme of participation of persons with disabilities in the life of the Church was posted today on the social channels ...

Persons with Disabilities

Dear brothers and sisters! All of us, as the Apostle Paul would say, hold the treasure of life in earthen vessels (cf. 2 Cor 4:7). The International Day of Persons with Disabilities invites ...

Persons with disabilities
To portray the contribution of the faithful with disabilities to the Synod on Synodality

  On the occasion of the Synod on Synodality, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life and the General Secretariat of the Synod invited several dozen people with disabilities from five continents ...

Life
A speech by Undersecretary Gambino on the occasion of the Voluntary Organization for International Cooperation's 40th anniversary

  Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, spoke at the 40th anniversary of the OVCI (Voluntary Organization for International Cooperation, committed ...

Persons with disabilities
The text of the contribution of people with disabilities to the synod on synodality now online

  At the end of the special synodal listening session of persons with disabilities that the Dicastery organized starting in May 2022, we hereby publish the full version of the summary text that ...