Speeches
Associations and Movements
Invitation to stand at the crossroad of today with the same confidence and generous attitude as Mary
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the foundation, on last December 7, Pope Francis received the group leaders of the Focolare Movement - the Work of Mary, accompanied by the ...
Associations and Movements
Three thousand participants in the United Arab Emirates for CHARIS' fifth local gathering
From December 1 to Sunday, December 3, the 5th Convention of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal organized by the CHARIS National Service of Communion of the United Arab Emirates is ...
Life
Under-secretary Gambino's video message to the National Pastoral Meeting with the guatemalteche families
“The pastoral care of life is called to give value to the dignity of every person in every situation and age, as well as to accompany it to fullness”. With these words Professor Gabriella ...
Women
Statement by Cardinal Kevin Farrell on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25, 2023)
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Card. Kevin Farrell, emphasized the importance ...
Formation of the Laity
At the Biennal of Catholic Laity of the Philippines, the Dicastery's message
Lay co-responsibility in the life of the Church and formation. An inseparable pair for an increasingly synodal Church. These issues were addressed by the Undersecretary of the Dicastery, Linda ...
Life
A reflection by the Undersecretary of the Department, Prof. Gabriella Gambino, on the case of little Indi Gregory
Published in L'Osservatore Romano is a reflection by Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, on the story of little Indi Gregory, the ...
Family
Undersecretary Gambino's speech at the meeting of French Catholic Family Associations (AFC) leaders in Rome
The leaders of the member associations of the Confederation of "Associations familiales Catholiques" (AFC) of France met in Rome from November 7 to 9 to launch the new strategic ...
Associations and Movements
The organism’s General Assembly was held prior to the event in the Paul VI Hall where Pope Francis spoke
It has now been more than four years since the founding of CHARIS, the body erected by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life to serve the current of grace of the Catholic Charismatic ...
Family
Undersecretary Gambino's speech at the National Colombian Meeting on Family Pastoral Care
“The Church supports the educational mission of the family” This was the theme of the National Meeting of Family Pastoral Care that took place in Colombia where, from Oct. 19 to 21, lay ...
WYD Lisbon 2023
Pope Francis' missionary mandate and the two next appointments with young people
Being transfigured, enlightened, by the encounter with the Lord. Pope Francis' mandate to the world's 1.5 million young people coincides with the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, ...