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Movements and Associations
The study conducted by the Dicastery official Milligan on “Approaches to Authority and Obedience in the International Ecclesial Movements and New Communities”

“Ecclesial Movements and New Communities contribute to the life of the Church as authentic schools of virtue: useful for learning authority as service, and for aspiring to obedience as something ...

Local Churches
From the Italian Diocese of Sora, a letter for Easter inspired by Amoris Laetitia

“The Family, a Place of Blessing” is the theme of the letter that Bishop Gerardo Antonazzo addressed to the community of Sora for Lent and in the perspective of Easter. In continuity with previous ...

FAFCE
In Bucharest, a conference on “The Family at the Center of the Economy” promoted by the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe

The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) recently met with the Romanian Association “Vladimir Ghika” for a conference in Bucharest on the theme: “The Family at the Center of ...

Associations and Movements
Members of “Communion Notre-Dame de l’Alliance,” an association that takes care of separated and divorced persons, came to visit the Dicastery

The Council of “Communion Notre-Dame de l’Alliance” came to visit the Dicastery during a recent pilgrimage to Rome. Founded in 1983, this association of faithful recognized by the French Bishops’ ...

John Paul II Institute
A book to deepen the ethics of married life

“Understanding the ethics of married life more deeply and learning to look at the human person more adequately” are the objectives of the book “Karol Wojtyla and Humanae vitae. The Contribution of the ...

#Synod2018
The pre-synodal meeting that will bring together 300 young people from all over the world as protagonists, from 19 to 24 March, was presented. The call to contribute through social networks.

On the anniversary of the beginning of his Petrine ministry, on March 19th, Pope Francis will open the work of the pre-synodal meeting that will bring together 300 young people from all over the world ...

Pope Francis
The invitation to not be afraid, the importance of the name, the grace of God, and the courage in the present: these are the four cardinal points of Pope Francis’ Message for WYD 2018

“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God” (Lk 1:30) is the theme of Pope Francis’ Message to the young people preparing for the XXXIII World Youth Day 2018, which will be celebrated ...

Youth
A project launched by Saint-Jean-Marie Vianney Lausanne and Caritas Jerusalem to encourage prayer for peace

A million and a half rosaries, made by needy families in Bethlehem, will be given to the young people preparing for the Panama WYD to encourage them to pray for peace. This project entitled “AveJmj,” ...

Local Churches
The Umbrian Bishops’ Conference launches the third edition of the two-year school of formation for families

The third edition of the family formation course “Mysterium Familiae” has been launched. This initiative is intended to respond to Pope Francis’ call to help every family to discover itself as a ...

Family
The New Paradigm of Amoris Laetitia

Adopting the words of the Secretary of State, Card. Pietro Parolin, the Archbishop of Chicago, reiterated in his lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Von Hugel Institute that the Apostolic Exhortation ...