Dicastery
Ad Limina
August was the month of the meeting with Kenya
The meeting of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life with the bishops of the Kenya Episcopal Conference took place on 27 August, on the occasion of the ad Limina Visit of the African ...
Ad Limina
Three African realities met with the Dicastery in June
Countries with deep and urgent challenges and needs met with the Dicastery in June. The two Guineas and the common challenges to the pastoral care of youth and the family During their visit on ...
Ad Limina
The Dicastery welcomed Slovak bishops in June
On 6 June, the bishops from the Slovak Conference of Bishops conducted their five-year Ad Limina Visit to the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. The vitality of lay aggregations in ...
Ad Limina
Comparing three European realities during the Dicastery’s meetings in May
After the conclusion of the Ad Limina Visits in the Italian regions and following the Visit of Japan in April, some European Conferences of Bishops met with the Dicastery in May. Bosnia and ...
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 ...
The Elderly
Pope Francis with grandparents, the elderly and grandchildren: ‘The Caress and the Smile’
On Saturday 27 April, the Paul IV Hall filled with almost 6000 people who participated in a special Audience - ‘The Caress and the Smile’ - that was organised by the Great ...
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 ...
Ad Limina
The ad Limina visits of the Italian bishops began in January
The sixteen regional jurisdictions which make up the Italian Bishops' Conference have started to meet, one by one, with Pope Francis and the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia. The last time the ...