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 ...
Year “Amoris Laetitia Family”
At the end of the Sunday Angelus Prayer, the Holy Father Francis recalled the upcoming opening of the Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia Family". The Pope referred to "Amoris Laetitia ...
Elderly
Cardinal Farrell “this is the first fruits of the Amoris Laetitia Family Year"
As announced today after the Angelus, Pope Francis has decided to institute a Church-wide celebration of a World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Starting this year, it will be held on the ...
Spiritus Domini
With an Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio dated 10 January 2021, the Holy Father has modified canon 230 §1 of the Code of Canon Law, which now allows for the admission of women into the instituted ...
Elderly
At Christmas, let’s listen to grandparents and the elderly
“Dear young people,” wrote Pope Francis on the occasion of the 32nd World Youth Day, “you need the wisdom and the vision of the elderly. […] They will speak to you of things that can thrill your minds ...
Elderly
Starting today, French and Spanish translations of the proceedings of the first international conference on the pastoral care of the elderly are available for free online
The first international conference on the pastoral care of the elderly was an important ecclesial moment during which the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life—as Card. Farrell observed in his ...
#takeupthecross
Dear young friend, Do you know that there is a great journey about to begin? Wherever you are, this Sunday, November 22nd at 10:00 a.m. (UTC +1) you are invited to virtually enter St Peter’s Basilica ...
Sport
The first of four webinars on the future of sports in the era of COVID-19
“The current situation runs the risk of driving people away from sports, especially young people, and especially all those who live in disadvantaged countries most affected by the economic crisis.” ...