Dicastery
Family
The address of Undersecretary Gambino at the 9th specialized course in Church Communication sponsored by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
On 16 April, Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life, gave a lecture at the 9th specialized course in Church Communications, which was held via the platform ...
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 ...
New martyrs
Our spiritual closeness with the martyrs is good for Christian communities in difficulty, but it is especially good for us.
In the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, in accord with the limitations of the anti-COVID protocols and broadcast throughout the world via internet livestreaming, Cardinal Farrell presided over a ...
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 ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
Card. Lacroix: “Transforming the heart is called to be integral and touches every aspect of our lives”
Each morning from now until Aug. 4, meetings called "Rise up!" will be held in Lisbon and the WYD pilgrims are invited to participate and listen to each other and dialogue, in synodal ...
#laityfamilylife
Six episodes to illustrate the Dicastery that Pope Francis has called to be close to the women and men of our time
What and, more importantly, whom does a Vatican Dicastery that works "for Laity, Family and Life" take care of? To what kind of closeness does Pope Francis invite when he addresses ...
Plenary Assembly
After the greeting by Card. Farrell, the Holy Father's address to the participants in the 2nd Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery
"You are a 'popular' Dicastery, I would say, and this is beautiful! Remember: never lose this characteristic of closeness to the women and men of our time. Closeness, I emphasize ...
Plenary Assembly
Cardinal Kevin Farrell's Address to the Holy Father
We publish the Address to the Holy Father Francis by the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, on the occasion of the Holy Father' Audience to the ...
Plenary Assembly
The Second Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery takes place from April 20 to 22
The Second Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life opened today on the theme “Laity and Ministry in a Synodal Church”. Some 35 members and consultors from around the world ...
Secretary
A communiqué by Schoenstatt Fathers announces the General Council of the Community
The 6th General Chapter of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, which began meeting on August 3, 2022, elected the new General Council of the Community for the next six years, ...