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Associations and Movements
In Castelgandolfo “The great attraction of modern times,” the first of the events dedicated to Chiara Lubich on the tenth anniversary of her death
A few days ago, Father Alexandre Awi Mello, Secretary of the Dicastery, participated in the event “The great attraction of modern times”, that was organized at the Mariapolis Center in Castelgandolfo ...
Associations and Movements
The Dicastery received the visit of the permanent committee of the Conference that will send a young representative to the pre-Synod to held in Rome from 19 to 24 March
A few days ago, the Dicastery received the visit of the members of the permanent committee of the International Catholic Conference of Scouting (ICCS), the organization that unites the leaders of the ...
#Synod2018
Dear friends, as Pope Francis has said, “Every young person has something to say to the Church, to the bishops and to the Pope!” That is why three hundred of your contemporaries from around the world ...
Activities of the Dicastery
The Ad Limina Visit of the Bishops from Slovenia
On 27 February, a delegation of the Slovenian Bishops came to our Dicastery during their Ad Limina Visit. The Bishops of this small Central European country told about the pernicious consequences of ...
Pope Francis
The Pope’s words to the young people and the elderly of the Roman parish of Saint Gelasius in Ponte Mammolo
“Life is a little like this afternoon because sometimes the sun shines, but sometimes clouds come, it rains, and the weather is bad. Know that there are good times and bad times in life. What should a ...
Associations and Movements
The members of the movement “Diaconie de la Beauté” meet Pope Francis: “The Church counts on you to make the ineffable beauty of God’s love perceptible”
“I invite you to develop your talents to contribute to an ecological conversion that recognizes the eminent dignity of each person, his particular value, his creativity, and his ability to promote the ...
Defense of Life
The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation Chair in Bioethics makes available a collection of unpublished materials on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical
Fifty years after the publication of the encyclical “Humanae Vitae,” the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation Chair in Bioethics has published the Humanae Vitae Project, a collection of unpublished materials ...
WMOF
An ideal resource for parishes, available in five languages, combined with the preparatory catecheses
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Va’ Pensiero,” one of the best-known choruses in the history of opera, serves as the soundtrack for the second multimedia art clip produced by the Dicastery, in collaboration with ...
Associations and Movements
The words of Msgr. Bassetti, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, and Fr. Gentili, head of the Family Ministry Office, to the assembly of the Forum of Family Associations. President De Palo: “Family are the cue not the illness”
“If the families stop, the country’s social motor will stop, the heart of society will stop beating. And if the heart stops beating, after a while brain death will follow. To prevent this drift, we ...
WMOF
From 21 to 24 August, roundtables and debates at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin
Each day, there will be roundtables, debates, moments of conviviality and prayer for the families, with appropriate activities for children and young people. All this is on the program of the ...