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Associations and Movements
A day of study focused on the theological scenario and open legal issues in the relationship between movements, associations, new communities, and institutions
“Charism and Institution in Movements and Ecclesial Communities” is the theme of the study day, promoted by the Evangelii Gaudium Center of the Sophia University Institute and under the patronage of ...
Youth
Just one year until the WYD: Preparations are now lively, with a meeting in Stuttgart
Putting the spotlights on young people is also on the Dicastery’s agenda for 2018. With the aim of reflecting together on “how to plan youth ministry in the Movement, to bring young people closer to ...
Dicastery
In today’s issue of the Osservatore Romano, a long interview with the Prefect Kevin Farrell
A reflection on the year and a half passed since the establishment of the Dicastery; the presentation of the major events being prepared, including the World Meeting of Families and the World Youth ...
Family
The 2017 CISF Report: The Family, an Antidote to the “Silent Hearths”
An epoch-making technological acceleration is what we are experiencing, and 68% of Italy’s households have an active internet connection, with half of the data traffic on smartphones. This is ...
Documents
Many current topics are discussed in the volume “Women and Work,” edited by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and just published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Indeed, as ...
Academy for Life
An International Congress will be held from February 28th to March 1st in Rome to promote dialogue and cooperation in protection of the dying person
The contribution of palliative care to medicine, health care, and society, the spread of palliative care, the impact of different religious beliefs and spiritual perspectives on the care of the dying, ...
Local Churches
2018 is dedicated to the family with the pastoral resource “Together Forever. On the Path of Sacramental Marriage”
“Together Forever. On the Path of Sacramental Marriage” is the theme that will accompany the Church in Germany throughout 2018. A four-part pastoral resource has been published under the same title to ...
WMOF
Interview with Ireland’s Primate Martin: “The Catholic family is beautiful: it is based on love and grows in a community of families”
“We want to show that the model of the Catholic family can attract; it’s beautiful. We are offering the beauty of our vision, that of a man and a woman united in love and committed to life.” These ...
Pope Francis
In the words chosen by the Pope for the feast days, the themes of family and life are constantly and concretely evoked
The year just begun “opens in the name of the Mother of God.” Mary, placing herself as a mother between her son Jesus and people, carries out “a very special function.” Furthermore, “all parents” are ...
Dicastery
The meeting of Father Chagas with Fr. Fornos and Fr. Ramirez of the Apostolate of Prayer at the General Curia of the Jesuits
A few days ago, Father João Chagas, head of our Dicastery’s Youth Office, met with Fr. Frédéric Fornos and Fr. Luis Ramirez, respectively director and assistant of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network ...