Event

Family
Today and tomorrow, a study seminar on the ecclesial and pastoral mission in relation to young people and families

  “Dear brothers and sisters, I am pleased that following the celebration of the Jubilee for Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly a group of experts has gathered at ...

Associations and Movements
From 4-6 June 2025, the Annual Meeting with Moderators

  Evangelization and formation in the light of Christian hope: these will be the topics for reflection explored by nearly 250 participants, moderators, and representatives from 115 associations ...

Movements and Associations
Cardinal Kevin Farrell opens the Annual Meeting with Moderators

  After the Opening Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica and the Audience with Pope Francis, the Annual Meeting with Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities ...

Movements and Associations
In New Synod Hall, the opening session together with about 200 moderators and delegates

"I am pleased to meet with you and take this opportunity to reflect with you on synodality, which you have chosen as the theme for your meeting".With these words, Pope Francis addressed the ...

Life
Launched by the Dicastery, the task of accompanying and supporting the Family and Life Commissions of the Bishops’ Conferences around the world

  On 18 April, the Dicastery hosted an online meeting attended by almost 200 people including heads of the Family and Life Commissions of the Bishops’ Conferences, representatives of family ...

World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
A tradition that is consolidated year after year through meeting and sharing

  Recalling the celebration of the 4th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly after the Angelus of Sunday, 28 July, Pope Francis called everyone “to listen to the voice of the elderly who ...

Grandparents and the Elderly
80 representatives of bishops’ conferences and international associations at the webinar organised ahead of the 4th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

  The webinar on the pastoral care of the elderly – organised on the occasion of the publication of the Holy Father's message and pastoral kit for the 4th World Day for Grandparents and the ...

Youth Ministry
From 23 to 25 May, the International Congress on Youth Ministry

  From 23 to 25 May, approximately 300 delegates of Episcopal Conferences from 110 countries will take part in the International Congress on Youth Ministry which was organised by the Dicastery ...

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 ...