Pope postpones World Meeting of Families and World Youth Day

Pope Francis has agreed with a recommendation by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life to postpone by one year the next gatherings of the World Meeting of Families and World Youth Day. “Because of the current health situation and its consequences on the movement and gatherings of young people and families,” the World... Read More

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May 20, 2019

Pope chooses theme for World Meeting of Families 2021

Christian family life is a vocation and, when lived with fidelity, it is a path to holiness, said the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. The office announced the theme Pope Francis has chosen for the next World Meeting of Families, which will be in Rome June 23rd-27th, 2021: “Family love: A vocation... Read More

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August 30, 2018

Irish parishes hear about New Zealand model for Catholic Church renewal

A New Zealand cardinal told a conference on the future of parishes in Ireland that his diocese benefited from the appointment of church workers known as lay pastoral leaders who exercise many functions that normally would be the responsibility of a parish priest. Cardinal John Dew of Wellington, New Zealand, later told Catholic News Service... Read More

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August 23, 2018

Cardinal Farrell tells media Church needs God to help it build bridges

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, said the Church needs God to help it build bridges, to communicate and to help it understand that “we need to speak to each other and accept each other as children of God.” Speaking to media on 22nd August, the first... Read More

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August 22, 2018

Families are key to the future, says primate

The Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin has said the family unit is decisive to the future of the world. Speaking at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, he said: “We must work together with all people of goodwill to encourage the State to support the family, and especially the uniqueness of the faithful... Read More

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