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Academic Initiatives
To explore three central themes of the document: Common good, Discernment, Tradition

  On the occasion of the Amoris Laetitia Family Year desired by Pope Francis on the fifth anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation on the joy of family love, the John Paul II Pontifical ...

Ad limina
Last group of French Bishops for Ad limina visits to the Dicastery

  On various burning issues of bioethics and civil rights such as medically assisted procreation, marriage for all, the French state and a large part of its public opinion have recently embarked ...

WYD
Exaudi News interview with the Secretary of the Dicastery in the run-up to the diocesan WYD on 21 November

  “Young people are ‘God’s now’ and the strength of the Church,” says Father Alexandre Awi Mello, Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life, when talking about  the ...

Life
Message from Gabriella Gambino at the VI "National Pro-life Congress" in Miami

  The VI "National Pro-life Congress", hosted by Archbishop Thomas Wenski and the Archdiocese of Miami, was held in Miami from October 29 to 31 last. Gathered there were members of the ...

Online the eighth episode of the dialogue of the Pope with families

«The family has a natural vocation to educate children. (…)  To be parents requires love and the desire to bring out the best in others. Fatherhood and motherhood are irreplaceable roles. ...

Sport
Acknowledgement of the Dicastery's work in promoting faith and values through sport

  On October 1st, the President of the Retina d'Oro, Mauro Rufini together with Sports Director, Giampiero Caneschi, presented the "Special 2021 Retina d'Oro Award" to the Dicastery for ...

WYD Magazine
The John Paul II Youth Foundation published a new issue of the World Youth Day Magazine

  This special issue of the magazine pays tribute to John Paul II by commemorating his World Youth Days. They cover twenty years of history - from 1984 to 2004 - during which time the Foundation ...

Patris Corde
In families, the miracle is often hidden in everyday life: the lesson of Jan Dobraczynski

    (L'Osservatore romano [original:Italian], 19 October 2021) by GABRIELLA GAMBINO Reading Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter Patris corde, one comes across at one point a quote from a ...

Academic Initiatives
The e-book of the days of reflection held at the Gregorian in April has been published

  The two days of the "Forum on discernment in the Family", offered by the group of professors of the Diploma in Family Ministry at the Pontifical Gregorian University, responded to the ...

Amoris Laetitia Family Year
Prof. Gabriella Gambino's speech at the Family Week at the Catholic University of Argentina

  Last September 28-30, the Week of the Family entitled "Family: vocation and task", was held at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary ...