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#Synod 2023
Pope Francis invites us to embrace listening and dialogue through the Synod
(Vatican City, 29 September 2023) – The Pope Video for October, an initiative of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network is about to be released. Its message is focused on ...
#laityfamilylife
The third #laityfamilylife podcast presents the "“Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life”
We continue in the podcast series of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, talking about the preparation of engaged couples for marriage, and the suggestions offered by our Dicastery in ...
WYD
“Rejoicing in hope” and “Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary” are the thems chosen by the Holy Father
The Holy Father has chosen the themes of the two World Youth Days that will be celebrated in the particular Churches in 2023 and 2024, on the Solemnity of Christ the King, and that will mark ...
Laity
Ghisoni: Cisneros is a role model for us lay people
“In our catecheses, we continue to meet passionate witnesses to the proclamation of the Gospel. Let us recall that this is a series of catecheses on apostolic zeal, on the will and even the ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
In a video message, the Holy Father calls on young people to be "missionaries, sowers and witnesses" of what they experienced in Lisbon last August
“You still cherish the memory of the Day, don't you? It is a memory that is not to be packed away or left alone in photo albums. It should be a living memory, and you have to keep it alive”. ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
Pope Francis' missionary mandate and the two next appointments with young people
Being transfigured, enlightened, by the encounter with the Lord. Pope Francis' mandate to the world's 1.5 million young people coincides with the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
Eucharistic Adoration at the end of the pilgrimage of 1.5 million young people to Parque Tejo-Campo da Graça
After nearly 10 hours of walking to Parque Tejo-Campo da Graça in Loures, young people who had gathered in Lisbon for the XXXVII World Youth Day, participated in the Vigil with Pope ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
The Holy Father's words, testimonies and the Stations of the Way of the Cross at Parque Eduardo VII
The Pope's second encounter with the approximately 800,000 young World Youth Day pilgrims gathered in Lisbon's Parque Eduardo VII for the Stations of the Cross was an intense and emotional ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
Experiences of synodality and reconciliation with God
In a spirit of synodality and dialogue, the WYD Lisbon "Rise up" catechesis continued. After the first day dedicated to the theme of integral ecology, the second day was entirely ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
Pope Francis welcomes pilgrims to XXXVII WYD in Lisbon and the symbols are taken onto the stage
“Queridos jovens, boa tarde! Dear young people, good evening! Welcome and thank you for being here. I am pleased to see all of you, and also to hear the delightful noise you are ...