Event
Amoris Laetitia Forum
Online meeting for delegates of family pastoral ministry
From June 9-12, 2021, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is organising and hosting an online Forum "Where are we with Amoris Laetitia? Strategies for the pastoral application of Pope ...
Press Release
Theme for the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Sunday 25 July will see the celebration of the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The theme chosen by the Holy Father for this World Day is “I am with you always” (cf. Mt 28:20) which ...
Sport
The final session of the webinar series dedicated to the future of sports in this time of COVID
“Proposals for a better restart” was the theme of the concluding session in a webinar series on sports held by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life. This webinar was focused on the ...
Events
A meeting with the Holy Father closes the work of the Conference "Pastors and laity called to walk together"
This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in Audience, in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican, the participants in the International Conference for the Presidents and Referents ...
Associations and movements
Theme of the Meeting: Apostolicity, the heart of movements' identity
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which concluded with a ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
The status of World Youth Day preparations in light of the Holy Father's arrival
Pope Francis will be travelling to Lisbon from Aug. 2 to 6 of this year for the upcoming World Youth Day, and on August 5 he will be visiting the Shrine of Fatima, as announced yesterday by ...
Events
Conclusion of the second day of the Conference, participants’ presentations and testimonies
On the second day of the Conference "Pastors and Lay Faithful Called to Go Forward Together", underway in the Vatican's New Synod Hall, the main theme was the importance of ongoing ...
#sport4all
The IOC Appeal, joined by the Dicastery, is the first fruit of the "Sport for All" Summit
One of the first fruits of the International Summit " “Sport for All. Cohesive, accessible and tailored to each person”, held in the Vatican on the 29 and 30th of September last, is an ...
Persons with disabilities
The text of the contribution of people with disabilities to the synod on synodality now online
At the end of the special synodal listening session of persons with disabilities that the Dicastery organized starting in May 2022, we hereby publish the full version of the summary text that ...
#sport4all
Pope Francis closes the two-days Summit and participants sign the Declaration on Sport
With the Audience that the Holy Father gave to the participants, the International Summit 'Sport for All', organised by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life together with the Dicastery ...