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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 ...
Movements and Associations
The words of Card. Kevin Farrell at the 8th Assembly of IFCA- International Forum of Catholic Action
On Saturday, Nov. 26 and Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, the International Forum of Catholic Action, the organization that gathers and coordinates the world's Catholic Action associations, celebrated ...
WYD
An article by Fr. Chagas on the celebration of the WYD in the local churches
It was November 19, 2020, Solemnity of Christ the King, when the Holy Father announced that from 2021 the diocesan celebration of the WYD would no longer be celebrated on Palm Sunday, rather on ...
Family
An articulate reflection 40 years after the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister
From November 9 to 11, 2022, at the Pontifical Lateran University, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences promoted a conference entitled “Models of ...
WYD
November 20, 2022, the Solemnity of Christ the King, XXXVII World Youth Day in the Particular Churches will be celebrated. The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life invites young people to experience it in tune with the World Day of the Poor
Since last year, the World Youth Day in the Particular Churches has been celebrated on the Solemnity of Christ the King, which coincides with the Sunday following the World Day of the Poor. In ...
#sport4all
The IOC Appeal, joined by the Dicastery, is the first fruit of the "Sport for All" Summit
One of the first fruits of the International Summit " “Sport for All. Cohesive, accessible and tailored to each person”, held in the Vatican on the 29 and 30th of September last, is an ...
Amoris Laetitia Family Year
The “Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life” available in 5 languages: Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French
The aim is to set up discernment paths of catechumenal inspiration, which can truly accompany young people to rediscover their faith and experience it when the vocation to family life opens up ...
WYD
With a "click" on a tablet, the Holy Father is the first participant registered for the next World Youth Day, which will take place in Lisbon in August next year
At the end of today's Angelus, flanked by youngs from Portugal who joined him at the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis made his online registration for WYD 2023. Dear young people, I ...
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 ...