Event
Movements and Associations
Annual Meeting with the Moderators of the International Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements, and New Communities will take place on May 21 and 22
As is customary, this year the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is organizing and hosting the Annual Meeting with the Moderators of the International Associations of the Faithful, ...
Marriage and Family
Tuesday, 28 April, a Day devoted to formation of priests in accompanying young people, engaged couples, and married couples in faith will take place
On Tuesday 28 April 2026, at the Casina Pio IV, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life will host a study day on “The Sacrament of Marriage, Faith and the Munus Docendi". The ...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
The Holy Father has chosen the theme for the Day to be celebrated on 26 July 2026
‘I will never forget you’ (Is 49:15) is the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the Sixth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly which aims to emphasise how God's love for each person never ...
Elderly
Pope Leo XIV received participants at the Second International Congress on Pastoral Care of the Elderly
The second day of the International Congress on Pastoral Care for the Elderly opened with an Audience with Pope Leo XIV. At 10:30 a.m. in the Clementine Hall, approximately 150 delegates ...
Elderly
Cardinal Kevin Farrell addresses words of welcome to participants in the 2nd International Congress on Pastoral Care of the Elderly
The Second International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly, organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, is currently taking place from 2-4 October 2025, at the ...
Elderly
An International Meeting to develop pastoral care for the elderly that meets the challenges of our time
The Second International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly, organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, will be held from 2-4 October 2025, at the General Curia of the ...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Pope Leo XIV at the Angelus Prayer on the Fifth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
‘Dear brothers and sisters! Today we celebrate the Fifth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, centred on the theme: “Blessed are those who have not lost hope.” At the end of ...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Dicastery's Pastoral indications for a Jubilee celebration with the elderly unable to physically make the pilgrimage
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life has released the official prayer and suggestions for celebrations, with particular attention to elderly people unable to participate in the jubilee ...
Associations and Movements
Unity and Mission in Union with the Pope
This morning, in the Clementine Hall, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in Audience the participants in the Annual Meeting of Moderators of Associations ...
Associations and Movements
Card. Kevin Farrell opens Annual Meeting with Moderators of Eccelesial Communities (June 4-6, 2025)
Card. Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, welcomed the approximately 250 participants, moderators and representatives of the 115 aggregations recognized by ...