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San Calisto Community
At the Dicastery, the second international seminar of the network of experts studying the educational programs in the emotional-sexual field
On 4 and 5 May, the San Calisto Community held its second international seminar at our Dicastery, to study proposals and interventions in the field of affective and sexual education in the light of ...
Dicastery
The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has a new statute. This statute, which was signed last April 10th and shall go into force on Sunday, May 13th, was promulgated today by its publication in ...
Movements and Associations
Pope Francis to the faithful in Tor Vergata: “You have in your DNA the vocation to the mission”
“The Risen Jesus says: ‘Make disciples’. This is the mission. He does not say: conquer, occupy, but rather, ‘make disciples’, that is, share with others the gift you have received, the encounter of ...
Associations et Movements
Prefect Farrell in his message: “Jesus has bent over you with great love…do the same with those in need"
Anna, 45, wife of Salvatore and mother of Emanuele and Dora, gave one of the testimonies that launched the 41st National Convocation of the Renewal in the Spirit, in Pesaro, which ended a few days ...
Youth
At the Dicastery, a meeting of the delegation of the World Youth Day organizing committee
“We have an appointment to continue dreaming of a different world: January 2019.” The Archbishop of Panama, José Domingo Ulloa, said this in a video interview with us after the General Audience on 18 ...
Associations and Movements
Prefect Farrell’s homily addressed to the participants in the spiritual exercises of Comunione e Liberazione
"To be a reflection of Christ for others, to be a word of God for the world! We are all called to this! If Christ lives in us, then, everyone—even those who do not believe or are openly hostile ...
WMOF
The fourth artistic multimedia clip combined with the catechetical journey towards the Dublin World Meeting is on line
“And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers” (Lk 2:47): this evangelical phrase is the theme of the fourth artistic clip in preparation for the Dublin World Meeting of ...
Bioethics
In Germany, the event is focused on prenatal diagnosis, while euthanasia will be at the center of the discussion in coming days in Portugal
“Euthanasia ... What is at stake?” is the theme chosen by the Portuguese Church for the upcoming Week of Life, which will be celebrated from 13 to 20 May. “We will deal with the problem of euthanasia, ...
Local Churches
Bishop Mercado: “Young people and families, an educational alliance that flourishes in the parish”
“All have been baptized, but many have not been catechized”—starting with this point, H.E. Msgr. Jesse E. Mercado, the Bishop of Parañaque—in the Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines—, in an interview ...
Ad Limina Visit
On two consecutive days, April 24th and 25th, our Dicastery received a large group of Bishops from Nigeria on their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit to Rome. With its nearly 200 million inhabitants, of ...