Family and Life
In the light of the Praedicate Evangelium, the responsibilities entrusted to the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life include the pastoral care of the family and its mission according to God's plan, as well as the pastoral care of the elderly and the promotion and safeguard of human life.
As part of family ministry, the Dicastery promotes and coordinates the celebration of the World Meetings of Families.
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Pope Francis
In “the Wisdom of Time” a new vision of the reality of older people and their role in the future of young people
The response to the culture of waste and the generation gap is dialogue between the young and older people: this is Pope Francis’ idea at the base of the project Sharing The Wisdom Of Time, ...
JP2 Institute
The start of the new biennium for the Master’s Degree promoted jointly with the Bioethics Institute of the Catholic University
The Pontifical Institute for the Family - with its 35 years of anthropological studies on the truth about man and about woman, on love, on marriage and the family, on the light in Cristian ...
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 ...
Magisterium of Pope Francis on Family
- Carta del Santo Padre Francisco a los Obispos de la Región Pastoral de Buenos Aires en respuesta al Documento"Criterios básicos para la aplicación del capítulo VIII de la Amoris Laetitia" [ES] [AAS, 2016, pp.1071-1074]
- Amoris Laetitia
- Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus
- Mitis et Misericors Iesus
- Rescript regarding the implementation and compliance of the new law for marriage annulment procedures
