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Ad limina
The visit of the Bishops from the Antilles
On April 17th, our Dicastery received a large group of bishops from the Antilles on their Ad Limina Visit to Rome. The Bishops' Conference of the Antilles (AEC) unites Bishops from 24 territories that ...
Local Churches
“Love between man and woman is obviously one of the most generative human experiences. It is the leaven of the culture of encounter and gives the present world an injection of sociality. Indeed, the ...
Dicastery
Vatican News interviews the Undersecretary for the Section of Life, Gabriella Gambino, on the commitment of the laity and of women serving the Holy See
“Putting the fragility in all the dimensions of human existence back into the center”—this is one of the priorities highlighted by Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, ...
JP II Institute
A study seminar on the complexity of living human love, the man-woman alliance, and generativity
“Sessantotto e dintorni. La rivoluzione sessuale tra mito e realtà” is the title of the study seminar organized by the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for May 9. “The period of ...
#Synod2018
A Seminar on Youth, Faith, and Vocational Discernment at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
“Vocation = Gift of Life” is the theme of the study seminar between the synods on the family and the synod on young people that will be held on 11 and 12 May at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina ...
#AlfiesArmy
Bishop Francesco Cavina launches a prayer network to “melt hearts and make walls crumble”
After having accompanied Alfie's father, Thomas Evans, during his encounter with Pope Francis for an interview at Casa Santa Marta, today the Bishop of Carpi, Msgr. Francesco Cavina, has launched a ...
Local Churhces
Reflections and testimonies of the National Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference to walk on the “Roads of Happiness”
Four days of meetings, reflections, and conferences to trace “Roads of Happiness” in the man-woman alliance. This is the theme of the 20th National Week of Study on Conjugal and Family Spirituality, ...
#Synod2018
The testimony of Dewi Praswida, a young Muslim from Indonesia who participated in the Pre-Synod Meeting
“March 19, 2018 is a day that will never be forgotten in the course of my life. Who would have thought me, Muslim women from the border region of Central Java with East Java can shake hands directly ...
Family
Interventions of Father Gutiérrez in Honduras on the challenges of the family and the pastoral work required today
“Seek new ways to transmit faith in Jesus Christ, to help young people discover the splendor and beauty of human and divine love, of the body and sexual difference in order to go out to meet ...
Life
Marina Casini Bandini on the removal of the manifesto against abortion in Rome: “It did not tell a story”
“Our defense of the innocent unborn […] needs to be clear, firm and passionate, for at stake is the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his ...