Local Church
Family
Supporting imperfect and struggling families
Organised by the Institute for Advanced Family Studies (IESF) of the International University of Catalunya (UIC) in Barcelona, the second edition of Days for Family ...
Ad Limina
Southern Italy’s regions close the Italian Ad Limina Visits
The Ad Limina Visits conducted by the bishops of southern Italy all took place in April. In an open and very cordial dialogue with the Dicastery, bishops addressed the topic covered by the ...
Marriage and Family
Under-secretary Gambino at the National Family Pastoral Day in Lezhë
On 20 April 2024 in Lezhë, Albania, the National Day of Family Pastoral Care was celebrated at the ‘Redemptoris Mater’ Seminary. Organised by the Episcopal Commission for Laity, Family and Life ...
Ad Limina
The challenges of a minority Church
Japanese bishops met with our Dicastery on 9 April and presented their Conference of Bishops. The Church in Japan is an absolute minority in the overall population. Some faithful are foreign ...
Ad Limina
Four ecclesiastical regions met with the Dicastery in March
Ben quattro sono state le regioni italiane in Visita ad Limina nel mese di marzo. Settimana dopo settimana, si sono avvicendate le regioni ecclesiastiche dell’Italia centrale. I presuli della ...
Ad Limina
The President of the Italian Episcopal Conference and three ecclesiastical regions in February
In February, the President of the Italian Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Bologna, Card. Matteo Zuppi, accompanied his ecclesiastical region of Emilia Romagna on a visit to the ...
Youth Ministry
Sharing the synod experience and the promotion of youth leadership
Thirty-three priests, diocesan assistants of the Polish Catholic Youth Association (Katolickiego Stowarzyszenia Młodzieży - KSM), one of the largest and oldest youth associations in Poland, ...
Ad Limina
November: Meetings with Asian and African bishops
It has been 10 years since the young Sri Lankan Bishops’ Conference visited Rome for the Visit ad Limina Apostolorum. While rejoicing at this return, the bishops also recalled the long and ...
Formation of the Laity
At the Biennal of Catholic Laity of the Philippines, the Dicastery's message
Lay co-responsibility in the life of the Church and formation. An inseparable pair for an increasingly synodal Church. These issues were addressed by the Undersecretary of the Dicastery, Linda ...
Ad Limina
Joys and challenges of the Congolese Church in the light of the October Ad Limina Visit
In October, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life met with the delegation of bishops from the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who were undertaking an ad ...