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.
News
#Synod2018
We have chosen some ‘pearls’ on the three parts of the Instrumentum laboris from the “small groups” which show the unique connection between the family pastoral mission and that of young people. Above ...
Local Churches
“Shattered Ties” is the title of the series of encounters proposed by the Family Pastoral Office of the Diocese of Padua and addressed to people living in circumstances of separation, divorce or ...
Argentina
The traditional family will always be needed in the globalized future
A few days ago, Father José Guillermo Gutiérrez from our Dicastery attended a conference called "Truth and Values in the Family and in the Community", organized by the Catholic ...
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
