Speeches

Family
Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary, speaks at the presentation of Rosalba Manes' book “Tessitori di speranza. I nonni nella Bibbia”

  “The fulfilment of a meaningful life for younger generations depends on recognizing the presence and richness that grandparents and the elderly represent for us. And this recognition must go ...

Family
The Secretary of the Dicastery, Dr. De Paula Souza, introduced a panel at the International Summit on Children's Rights

  “Having a family is literally a fundamental right as it is the foundation for a whole range of other rights that a child cannot fully enjoy without a family.” With these words, Dr. Gleison De ...

Associations and Movements
A reflection of Cardinal Kevin Farrell on Fr. Luigi Giussani's contribution to the Church and the world

    Twenty years after the death of Fr. Luigi Giussani, the founder of  Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, Traces magazine published a reflection by Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, ...

Associations and Movements
Celebrations of the centenary of its pontifical approval at the Gregorian University in Rome and address by Cardinal Kevin Farrell

  “Charism does not end with the founder or its first co-workers, rather it continues to remain alive after them. It extends and expands into future generations. Indeed, as time passes, it ...

Associations and Movements
Bishop Msgr. Dario Gervasi, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, addressed the Magnificat Community during the association's General Conference

  “Communion and fraternity as the main paths of evangelization”. This is how Bishop Msgr. Dario Gervasi, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, urged the Magnificat ...

Laity
Intervention by Card. Kevin Farrell to the II International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety

  The 2nd International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety was held from 4 to 8 December in Seville, Spain. The International Congress opened with the reading of Pope Francis' Message ...

Family
Gabriella Gambino's greeting to participants

  The National Commission for the Pastoral Care of Family and Life of the Uruguayan Conference of Bishops organized the National Meeting of Families, which took place on Saturday, 19 October ...

Marriage
Keynote speech by Professor Gambino at the 54th ASCAI National Congress in Pompei

  From 2 to 5 September 2024, the 54th Congress of Associazione Canonistica italiana (ASCAI) took place in Pompei under the theme “Matrimonial consent and lack of faith: teachings and ...

WYD
During the Press Conference, the handing over of the WYD symbols, which will take place on 24 November in Saint Peters, was also announced

  This morning, 24 September, the Press Conference “Towards World Youth Day Seoul 2027” took place. “You also are my witnesses, because you have been with me” and “Take courage! I have ...

Associations and Movements
Linda Ghisoni attends the presentation of the book “A Revolution of Self. Life as Communion (1968-1970)”, by Father Luigi Giussani

    In the dramatic social framework of 1968, which also affected the Church, Father Luigi Giussani had an idea for a movement that did not “specifically” concern “an individual movement, ...