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Dicastery for Laity the Family and Life

People pray the Lord's Prayer during Mass celebrated by Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, in St. Peter's Basilica during the World Meeting of Families at the Vatican June 23, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Meeting looks at how families protect life, pray, connect generations

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jun 23, 2022|4 Min Read

Christina MacDougall places a wedding band on Julio Prendergast's finger as Msgr. Francis J. Schneider officiates their wedding Mass Aug. 20, 2021, at St. John the Baptist Church in Wading River, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Vatican releases suggestions for lengthier, revamped marriage preparation

Cindy Wooden|Jun 15, 2022|5 Min Read

Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, attends a news conference at the Vatican in this May 10, 2022, file photo. Cardinal Farrell has been appointed to head the Vatican's new Investment Committee. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Farrell to lead Vatican's Investment Committee

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jun 7, 2022|3 Min Read

World

World Meeting of Families opens June 22 in Rome and online

Cindy Wooden|May 31, 2022|2 Min Read

People from more than 20 countries take part in a video call hosted by the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life on May 19, 2022. (Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life Flickr photostream via CNA)

Vatican hosts synod listening session with disabled Catholics

Courtney Mares|May 20, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Francis holds an autographed football he received from Bayern Munich's soccer team during a private audience at the Vatican in this Oct. 22, 2014, file photo. Teams from the Vatican and the Roma community are set to play a friendly soccer match Nov. 21 in an effort to promote fraternity and an end to racial discrimination. (CNS photo/Alexander Hassenstein, Reuters)

Vatican official: Sports can help restart society after pandemic

Inés San Martín|Nov 16, 2021|3 Min Read

Mary Aiken, a cyberpsychologist, looks on as Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, speaks during an Aug. 22, 2018, news conference during the World Meeting of Families in Dublin. At a Sept. 30, 2021, media briefing, Cardinal Farrell presented details of the World Meeting of Families, which will take place in Rome in 2022. (CNS photo/courtesy John McElroy, World Meeting of Families)

Preparations underway for global celebrations of World Meeting of Families

Junno Arocho Esteves|Sep 30, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis gives his blessing Sept. 16, 2021, at the end of a meeting in the Vatican synod hall with members of lay movements. The pope was joined by Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, left, and Schonstatt Father Alexandre Awi Mello, right, respectively president and secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. Pope Francis spoke to people taking part -- online and onsite in Rome -- in a meeting organized by the dicastery, focusing on the issue of responsible governance in lay movements and associations. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says

Carol Glatz|Sep 16, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets an elderly woman as he meets with people in Asuncion, Paraguay, in this July 12, 2015, file photo. The pope has started a new observance called World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, to be celebrated for the first time July 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring

World Day for Grandparents and Elderly: A time for small acts of kindness

Cindy Wooden|Jun 24, 2021|3 Min Read

(Flickr via CNA)

Faith

Amoris laetitia webinar equips leaders to build up sacramental marriages in the Church

Catholic News Agency|Jun 13, 2021|5 Min Read

People gather to talk about media and communication during the Focolare Expo 2013 in Chicago. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)

Vatican orders term limits for leaders of lay movements

Cindy Wooden|Jun 11, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets a married couple at a Wednesday General Audience. (Daniel Ibáñez/CNA)

Faith

Pope Francis releases video message on the beauty of marriage

Courtney Mares|Jun 1, 2021|3 Min Read

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