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Undersecretary Gambino's speech at the National Colombian Meeting on Family Pastoral Care

  “The Church supports the educational mission of the family” This was the theme of the National Meeting of Family Pastoral Care that took place in Colombia where, from Oct. 19 to 21, lay ...

Family and Life
Speech by the Under-Secretary Gabriella Gambino during the Longo Jubilee Year (2022-2023)

On February 4, 2023, the Family and Life sector of the Campania Bishops' Conference organized a meeting at the Shrine of Pompeii to launch a regional synodal in-depth study aimed at implementing the ...

Marriage and family
"Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life" presented to the Bolivian Bishops' Conference

  The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life was invited by the Bolivian Bishops' Conference to speak at the meeting to program the National Plan for Family Pastoral Care for the three-year period ...

Pope Francis
Unity and fidelity; two matrimonial assets which, before being legal obligations for every Christian marriage, are the epiphany of baptismal faith

It is a very meaningful passage in the speech which Pope Francis gave to the officials and lawyers of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota for the inauguration of the juridical year. The secularization of ...

J.P.II Institute - Rome

Admissions are open until 31st May 2019 for two interdisciplinary academic courses, a Master’s Degree and Diploma, offered by the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute, Rome, in the Sciences ...

Engaged and Married Couples
The Friars Minor of Umbria and the “Great Mystery” Project: a meeting of pastoral care operators for engaged couples and a course in Nuptial Theology

Two events for a whole week in the home of Saint Francis. First, the 6th meeting for the critical review of marriage preparation courses for couples involving the “Great Mystery” project and the ...

JP II Institute
The words of Cardinal Scola on the posthumous volume by Cardinal Carlo Caffarra

A few days ago, the posthumous volume “Writings on Ethics, Family and Life” by Cardinal Carlo Caffarra was presented at the Pontifical “John Paul II” Theological Institute.  In presenting the ...

Mauritius
The themes which emerged from the Fourth Congress of the “Africa Family Life Federation”

Humanae Vitae indissolubly combines two concepts: reinforcing spousal communion and the constant openness to life.  Amoris Laetitia further develops this connection throughout the various stages ...

Pope Francis
The Pope’s words during the catechesis on the sixth commandment: “You shall not commit adultery”

Every Christian vocation, like the priesthood and consecrated virginity, is spousal. Pope Francis recalled this yesterday on completing his catechesis on the sixth commandment: You shall not commit ...

Romania

The free union "between man and woman" continues to be the foundation of the family. This is what the Catholic Bishops of Romania have stated in a press release issued the day after the ...