EASTER. CHRISTUS VIIVIT

 

LAITYFAMILYLIFE A trimestral bulletin from the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life Share Post Forward Share

N. 1/2024 - Easter On the fifth anniversary of Christus Vivit, and at the beginning of the Holy Week 2024, Pope Francis addresses young people with a newly published message: “Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive!".   The Pontiff's words are an invitation to all people to live with Christ in the days leading up to the Easter Resurrection: “Christ is alive and he loves you with an infinite love. His love for you is unaffected by your failings or your mistakes. He gave his life for you, so in his love for you he does not wait for you to be perfect. Look at his arms outstretched on the cross, and ‘let yourself be saved over and over again’.” (Message of His Holiness Pope Francis to Young People for the Fifth Anniversary of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Christus Vivit”, 25 March, 2024)    With these words, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life wishes you all a Blessed Easter of Resurrection!

From the 25th of February to the 25th of April, a 12-week social campaign to rediscover the relevance of the Pope's letter to young people and keep alive the experience of World Youth Days On the 5th anniversary of Christus Vivit, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is accompanying the group of young communicators participating in the Dicastery for Communication's project "Faith Communication in the Digital World", in their design and production of a social campaign for the official Facebook and Instagram accounts of World Youth Day (WYD). All videos are also on playlist on the Dicastery's Youtube Channel The campaign started on Sunday the 25th of February, and will end on the 25th of April, with an aim to bring young people from all over the world together in a twelve-week experience to share the meaning and spirit of Christus Vivit for today’s life, as well as the fruits of the last WYD Lisbon 2023. Starting from the keyword "alive", and through inspirational videos, the campaign calls to action and engagement, because, the wish of the participants in the project "Faith Communication in the Digital World" is that this initiative - with the active contribution of young people who have participated in WYD, their animators and youth pastoral ministers - may keep alive the experience of World Youth Day also in the digital space, and make alive the Holy Father's invitation: " You are the now of God, and he wants you to bear fruit " (ChV 178).   This project, available in many languages, can also be adopted by various realities of the local Churches that wish to transmit a spiritual reflection that reaches young people through social networks. NEWS International InterUniversity Congress “Women in the Church. Builders of Humanity" On March 7 and 8, at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome, the 2nd edition of the International InterUniversity Congress “Women in the Church. Builders of Humanity". During the Press Conference of presentation, Prof. Gambino, Under-Secretary, offered a  reflection on 10 women saints who, in their different states of life, have sown the Word of God in the world. READ ALL A new page on our website: tools for the pastoral care of Family and Life The website of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has been enriched with a new page collecting all the tools for the pastoral care of Family and Life, which the Dicastery has created in recent years for dioceses, parishes and ecclesial movements.  It is digital brochure also available in a printable format