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Associations and Movements
The International Congress of Spiritual Assistants of the European Scouting Federation focuses on the ecclesial dimension and the pastoral consequences of the Holy See’s recognition

Father José Guillermo Gutiérrez Fernández, an official of the Dicastery, spoke a few days ago at the International Congress of Spiritual Assistants of the Federation of European Scouting. The meeting ...

Ateneum Regina Apostolorum
Superior Institute for Women’s Studies is offering an advanced course for a panoramic vision of the body in today’s culture

The advanced course “Signifying the Body: Limit, Encounter, Resource" is offered by the Superior Institute for Women’s Studies of the Pontifical Ateneum Regina Apostolorum with the aim of ...

John Paul II Institute
A seminar on the logic of desire and the theology of faith

"Faithfulness and Trust: The Logic of Desire and the Theology of Faith” is the theme of the study seminar promoted by the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute. Today, the culture of ...

Local Churches
Prefect Farrell returns to his diocese to receive an Honoree Award and inaugurate Holy Trinity Seminary campus

  Today, the Catholic Foundation will confer upon Prefect Kevin Farrell the “Award Honoree 2018” for his “enormous impact on the local Catholic community during his service as Bishop of the ...

WMOF
Available in five languages along with musical itineraries, videos, and multimedia clips

Starting today, the Feast of the Lord’s Presentation in the Temple, the Catecheses for the Dublin World Meeting of Families (21-26 August 2018) are available in five languages on our website. The ...

Family and New Technologies
The report of the International Center for Family Studies: “The Social Networks, Valid Support”

The favorite social network of families is WhatsApp, where most of the family connections are present (82%). On Facebook, however, they are just over one half (51.4%). The instant messaging ...

Russia
The Ad Limina Visit of the Russian Bishops to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

A vast territory with few priests, “new Christians” who need formation, and great commitment in defense of life. This is, in short, the situation of the Catholic Church in Russia told about by the ...

John Paul II Institute

The Chair “Gaudium et Spes” at the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences was inaugurated a few days ago. “The new chair—a note indicates—expresses the ...

The Expert’s Note
A comment on the 2017 CISF Report by Dr. Marco Brusati, analyst of anthropological models of the mass media system

"We need a specific and stable commitment to know and guide the media relations of the very young, starting as early as late childhood; for example and as a first step, we cannot ignore whose ...

Associations and Movements
Prefect Farrell at the Day of Study on “Charism and Institution:” “The ecclesial movements awaken the hunger for divine life.”

“Charisms must be considered from the point of view of evangelization, not from the point of view of a division of power within the Church. It is in the perspective of the new evangelization that the ...