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Dear Friends!
In a few days it will be Christmas again!
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life wishes to you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year: may the Lord Jesus bring joy, peace and health to you, your families and communities.
Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
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Passion and Perseverance: Keys of the Mission
The Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Card. Kevin Farrell, and the Under-secretary, Dr. Linda Ghisoni, spoke during a greeting to participants at the online meeting on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the International Forum of Catholic Action (IFCA), which took place on November 26 and 27, 2021. READ MORE
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"You are my friend!": The Holy Father's Message on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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Card. Farrell: the appeal for universal brotherhood for a peaceful, just and supportive world is urgent
On the 75th anniversary of the founding of International Young Catholic Students (IYCS-JECI), the Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Card. Kevin Farrell, was invited to greet participants at the online celebration on Saturday, November 13, 2021.
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The gift of life: joy, gratitude and fullness
The VI "National Pro-life Congress", hosted by Archbishop Thomas Wenski and the Archdiocese of Miami, was held in Miami from October 29 to 31, 2021. For the first time, participation in the event was both in-person and online. Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undesecretary, sent a message.
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Special 2021 Retina D’Oro Award granted to the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
On October 1st, 2021, the President of Retina d'Oro, Mauro Rufini, gave the "Special 2021 Retina d'Oro Award" to the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, in the presence of the Dicastery's Secretary, Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello, and the Head of the Office for Church and Sport, Dr. Santiago Pérez de Camino. READ MORE
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The shadow of the Father in the gaze of a mother
Prof. Gabriella Gambino, Undesecretary, wrote a reflection on L'Osservatore Romano, on the book The Shadow of the Father, by Jan Dobraczynski.
"Reading Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter Patris corde, one comes across at one point a quote from a novel about the life of St. Joseph, The Shadow of the Father, by Polish writer, Jan Dobraczynski. When the Apostolic Letter came out, on December 8, 2020, I was just finishing reading the novel for the first time..." READ MORE
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Next World Youth Day in Lisbon will take place from August 01-06, 2023
“It’s with an immense joy that we reveal that the World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 will take place from 1 to 6 August 2023. [...] We hope that the 22 months that will lead us to WYD might be a time of evangelization for all”, D. Manuel Clemente, Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon, states. READ MORE
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Message for the 36th World Youth Day 2021
“Stand up. I appoint you as a witness of what you have seen” (Acts 26:16) is the theme of the Holy Father’s Message to young people on the occasion of the 36th World Youth Day 2021, held on 21 November, 2021 in local Churches around the world. READ MORE
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Authority and Responsibilities of Governance in Lay Aggregations: A service ordered to the common good
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9. ACCOMPANYING WEAKNESS - the ninth video with pope Francis in dialogue with families
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The Holy Father talks about the chapters of the Apostolic Exhortation, along with families who give witness by sharing some aspects of their daily lives.
In 10 episodes, one each month, we publish a video with the Pope's reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family.
The initiative is a joint collaboration between the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and Vatican News, and aims to read the Apostolic Exhortation, with the aid of downloadable guidebook prepared for personal and community reflection.
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Love in the family as an expression of Trinitarian life
Card. Kevin Farrell sent his greeting message to the Diocese of Carbayllo inviting the Peruvian diocese to take a renewed look at the family and the grace of baptism in order to begin a synodal journey with married couples.
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Discernment in the Family: the book
The e-book of the two days of the "Forum on discernment in the Family", held at the Gregorian Pontifical University on April 23 and 24, 2021, has been published.
Five years after the publication of Amoris laetitia, the authors offer a reflection on the experience of local churches regarding the practice of discernment in and for the lives of families, in different seasons of planning, growth, and crisis.
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#IamChurch
An initiative as part of the "Amoris Laetitia Family" Year. It is a journey through 5 videos, discovering women and men who are too often victims of the throwaway culture and who testify to a a smiling, non-pitying,
cheerful humanity: the attractive face of the Church.
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#10FamilyTips
A social campaign to help focus pastoral attention on the formation and education of the little ones in the family, to help parents not to give up in the face of so many problems, often also caused by the lack of dialogue with their children and a deep sense of loneliness of children, such as, for example, cyberbullying.
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