Movements and Communities
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, ...
Laity
A life dedicated to the laity and to accompanying married couples
The Holy Father Leo XIV has authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree recognizing the heroic virtues of the diocesan priest Henri Caffarel, founder of the ...
Associations and Movements
On Wednesday March 11th 2026, in the offices of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, more than thirty delegates representing five continents took part in the ceremony granting Worldwide ...
Associations and Movements
The homily of Bishop Dario Gervasi at the 6th Elective Assembly of the Militia of the Immaculate
“I am sure these days in which you have held your new elections will be days of growth for the entire Militia of the Immaculate throughout the world.” With these words, the Secretary of the ...
Family
Gabriella Gambino’s call at the International Secretariat of New Families
The meeting of the International Secretariat of New Families (Focolare Movement) ended in Nairobi, with delegates from all over the world gathering from 23-25 October 2025, under ...
Associations and Mouvements
Cardinal Kevin Farrell’s reflection on the 25th anniversary of the International Centre of Communion and Liberation
Last night, 15 October 2025, an event was held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the International Centre of Communion and Liberation, located at Via Malpighi, in ...
Associations and Movements
Launch of the study programme “Ecclesial movements, new communities and confraternities” in Madrid
The Catholic academic world is showing growing interest in ecclesial movements and new communities. The study of these ecclesial realities – from a canonical, ecclesiological and ...
Associations and Movements
A greeting from His Excellency Monsignor Gervasi to participants at the 35th International Seminar
“The call you have received is an invitation to place yourselves at the service of the needs of parishes, so that they are not merely legal institutions or organisations that offer spaces for ...
Associations and Movements
Report of the 2023 Annual Meeting has been published
The report of the Annual Meeting of 2023 that the Dicastery organised with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities has been published. Organised ...
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 ...