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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Local Churhces
Reflections and testimonies of the National Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference to walk on the “Roads of Happiness”
Four days of meetings, reflections, and conferences to trace “Roads of Happiness” in the man-woman alliance. This is the theme of the 20th National Week of Study on Conjugal and Family Spirituality, ...
Family
Interventions of Father Gutiérrez in Honduras on the challenges of the family and the pastoral work required today
“Seek new ways to transmit faith in Jesus Christ, to help young people discover the splendor and beauty of human and divine love, of the body and sexual difference in order to go out to meet ...
Life
Marina Casini Bandini on the removal of the manifesto against abortion in Rome: “It did not tell a story”
“Our defense of the innocent unborn […] needs to be clear, firm and passionate, for at stake is the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his ...
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
