Local Church
Bioethics
In Germany, the event is focused on prenatal diagnosis, while euthanasia will be at the center of the discussion in coming days in Portugal
“Euthanasia ... What is at stake?” is the theme chosen by the Portuguese Church for the upcoming Week of Life, which will be celebrated from 13 to 20 May. “We will deal with the problem of euthanasia, ...
Local Churches
Bishop Mercado: “Young people and families, an educational alliance that flourishes in the parish”
“All have been baptized, but many have not been catechized”—starting with this point, H.E. Msgr. Jesse E. Mercado, the Bishop of Parañaque—in the Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines—, in an interview ...
Ad Limina Visit
On two consecutive days, April 24th and 25th, our Dicastery received a large group of Bishops from Nigeria on their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit to Rome. With its nearly 200 million inhabitants, of ...
Youth
Bishop Chung: “More than 500 young people from Korea will come to Panama”
“We will be more than 500 people from Korea to participate in the World Youth Day in Panama. It will be wonderful to see so many young people from all over the world celebrate the joy of unity in the ...
WMOF
Address of Ireland’s Primate Archbishop Eamon Martin at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
“The World Meeting will seek to communicate and distil for our times the beautiful and prophetic vision of God’s plan for marriage and the family” because “we believe that the Church’s proclamation of ...
Local Churches
“Love between man and woman is obviously one of the most generative human experiences. It is the leaven of the culture of encounter and gives the present world an injection of sociality. Indeed, the ...
Local Churhces
Reflections and testimonies of the National Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference to walk on the “Roads of Happiness”
Four days of meetings, reflections, and conferences to trace “Roads of Happiness” in the man-woman alliance. This is the theme of the 20th National Week of Study on Conjugal and Family Spirituality, ...
Local Churches
A reflection on Amoris Laetitia from the Bishops of Lombardy
“We are addressing the diocesan and religious priests, the pastoral workers, and the families of our local churches to express our views on the reception of this important document in our context. We ...
Theology of the family
A text by Sister Rita Ndoci on the theology of the family in Familiaris Consortio and Gratissimam Sane for the new evangelization in Albania
This volume is the result of a long period of study and research. This is how the Archbishop of Scutari presented the work of Sr. Rita Ndoci, Sister of Jesus the Good Shepherd, a precious contribution ...
UN
Commission on the status of women: Focus on education and integral development in the era of ideological colonization
Women, particularly those living in rural areas of the world, were the protagonists in New York at the recent conference of the UN Commission on the status of women. Archbishop Bernardito Auza, ...