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Honduras
Ad Limina Visit of the Bishops of Honduras
“You’re doing a great job accompanying families and promoting the laity!” Card. Farrell said this to the Bishops of Honduras at the end of their Ad Limina Visit to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family ...
Movements - Communities
Pope Francis meets three thousand, young and less young members of the Shalom Catholic Community, on the anniversary of its foundation
Abandoning narcissism, getting out of one’s shell, giving oneself and entering into dialogue with the generation of the elderly who know how to convey the wisdom of life—that is the challenging ...
Sports
Sports as a factor of social inclusion, sharing and socialization. An example of this was the event that took place on Sunday, September 3rd, in Fossano, a locality of the Province of Cuneo in ...
Church and Sport
Holy Father Francis met the members of the Brazilian football team who survived the plane crash
On 26 November 2016, the Chapecoense team preparing to play against the Colombian Atletico Nacional in the final match of the South American Cup, was involved in the terrible plane crash near the ...
The Young and Volunteering
Young Ecuadorians are generously dedicating one year of their lives to help society’s most vulnerable members. This is an experience involving groups of young people from this Latin American country ...
Ischia
Lina Balestrieri’s life, broken by the earthquake, leaves a bright example of dedication to families and to the weakest
The personal story of Lina Balestrieri, who died, at 59, in the earthquake that struck the town of Casamicciola in Ischia on 21 August, is simple but touching. Standing next to Santa Maria del ...
Philippines
Domingo Edo, a young Filipino Catholic layman, was killed on 20 August as he went to a remote village near the mining town of Tampakan, in Mindanao Island, to carry out the work of ...
Czech Republic
From 15 to 20 August, a National Youth Meeting (www.olomouc2017.signaly.cz) was held in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Fr. João Chagas, Head of our Dicastery’s Youth Office, was invited to the event. On 19 ...
WMOF 2018
Preparatory resources for the parishes will be presented and available online on August 21st
A Guide for Facilitators, a volume containing practical initiatives, and another on the six-part program for parishes based on “Amoris Laetitia” are the preparatory resources for the Dublin World ...
Spain
May Families be Outgoing Communities
From 16 to 21 July, the International Family Encounter (IFE) held at the Escorial in Madrid, Spain, brought together 80 Ignatian lay people, experts in family ministry, from 30 countries. The meeting ...