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WYD 2017
Message of His Holyness Pope Francis for the 32nd World Youth Day

Today, 21 March 2017, the Holy Father’s Message to young people has been published. The Message is in preparation for the 32nd World Youth Day in 2017 which will be celebrated at the diocesan level on ...

Josef Mayr-Nusser

On Saturday, March 18th, Josef Mayr-Nusser, martyr, married layman, and father—at the time of his death his son was two years old—was beatified in Bolzano. He was an authentic witness of Christ, who ...

Barcellona
Online Resource of the Barcelona European Symposium in Twelve Points

A resource in twelve points on the accompaniment of young people has been published in view of the European Symposium (from March 28th to 31st). Prepared after an extensive consultation within a ...

AIC

400 years after its foundation, the International Association of Charities (AIC) will be celebrating an important anniversary throughout 2017. This will be a time of thanksgiving to God for the ...

Audience

  In his final greetings at the Wednesday General Audience on March 15th, in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis addressed words of encouragement the Focolare Movement “New Families,” which in the ...

John Paul II Institute
A study seminar

“Wine and Oil on the Wounds” is the title of the study seminar on the experience of abortion that the Pontifical John Paul II Institute has scheduled for 15 March, in its Auditorium, in Rome. “How ...

Parigi

A day of formation, organized by the French Episcopal Conference’s National Service for the Evangelization of Youth and Vocations, brought together youth ministry directors of dioceses, movements, ...

Bologna
In Bologna, on 7 and 8 March, a conference on the Synod and Marriage in a Theological Perspective

“The Gospel of the Family” is the theme of the 11th Annual Conference, organized by the Theological Faculty of Emilia Romagna and scheduled for 7 and 8 March, in Bologna. The event, to be held in the ...

Interview

For nearly forty years now, the Church in Italy has been celebrating the National Day for Life on the first Sunday of February. This year, on 29 January 2017, the newspaper Avvenire, in the supplement ...

Lublino
At the Catholic University of Lublin, the project of translating the Dicastery’s Acts into Polish continues

The fifth volume of the series “In the care of the welfare of marriage and the family” is completed. The announcement was made in the volume’s cover letter addressed to Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, ...