LAITY
“Enlivening and encouraging the promotion of the vocation and mission of the lay faithful in the Church and in the world” (Praedicate Evangelium, Art. 129) is an important part of the everyday work carried out by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. The lay faithful, as individuals, married or not, and as members belonging to associations, ecclesial movements, new communities, are the largest component of God's holy faithful people. The Holy Father's attention is directed to them through the work and pastoral care of this Dicastery, to encourage their participation and co-responsibility in the life and mission of the Church.
To this end, the Dicastery collaborates with the various lay ecclesial realities so that the lay faithful may share their faith experiences in social realities as well as their own secular expertise in the pastoral care and governance of the Church. Furthermore, it is the Dicastery's responsibility, in agreement with the other Dicasteries of the Roman Curia involved, to evaluate and approve the proposals of the Bishops' Conferences concerning the establishment of new ministries and ecclesiastical offices to be entrusted to the laity, according to the needs of the particular Churches. Through its work, the Dicastery expresses the Church's special solicitude for the youth; it accompanies the life and development of aggregations of the faithful and ecclesial movements; it deals with any hierarchical appeals relating to the associative life and the apostolate of the laity; and it strives to deepen reflection on the relationship between men and women in their respective specificity, reciprocity, complementarity and equal dignity.
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Associations and Movements
Card. Farrell and Dr. Ghisoni speak at the conference organized by the Focolare Movement
Last June 20, the Pontifical Lateran University (PUL) hosted a theological conference entitled, "Movements and New Communities. Identity in the Synodal Path of the Church," organized ...
Elderly
Presentation of the Message of the Holy Father Francis for the II World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., the Holy See Press Office will hold a Press Conference to present the Message of the Holy Father Francis for the Second World Day for Grandparents ...
Associations and Movements
The synthesis and available texts of the Annual Meeting with the Moderators held yesterday, April 28, 2022
On April 28, 2022, at the Aula della Congregazione of the General Curia of the Jesuits in Rome, the customary Annual Meeting with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial ...
Magisterium of Pope Francis on the Lay Faithful