Opus Dei

At the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's square, Pope Francis greeted the 2,500 students taking part in the UNIV congress and gave them some advice.

On Palm Sunday, those taking part in UNIV this year attended the Pope's Mass in Saint Peter's square. With the Pope's homily and link to the final document from the Pre-Synodal Meeting for the upcoming synod on young people.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the UNIV encounters in Rome, Pope Francis has written a letter to the university students taking part.

In his monthly prayer intention for March 2018, Pope Francis has focused on spiritual discernment: the ability to single out among all voices, which is the voice of the Lord, that leads us to the Resurrection and to Life, and away from the "culture of death".

University students from various countries read Pope Francis' "Letter to Young People" about the upcoming synod of bishops on "Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment."​

The World Meeting of Families Congress is a gathering of the Catholic Church that has occurred every three years since St. John Paul II started them in 1994. It is organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, which "promotes the pastoral care of families, protects their rights and dignity in the Church and in civil society, so that they may ever be more able to fulfill their duties."

Message of Pope Francis for the 33rd World Youth Day, which will be held in all dioceses on March 25, 2018, and is a step on the path to the October Synod of Bishops that will focus on the concerns of young people in the Church.

Pope Francis has asked that Friday in the first week of Lent this year be marked by special prayer and fasting for peace, especially for the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

In his Angelus address on the first Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis invited young people everywhere to help prepare the upcoming synod "On Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment," through the use of social media.

Pope Francis recommends the traditional means of prayer, almsgiving and fasting to strengthen Christ's life in us and prepare for the great feast of Easter.