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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Family and Life
The first online meeting to familiarize with the two tools made available by the Dicastery
During the International Forum on Amoris Laetitia (June 9-12, 2022) held during the Amoris Laetitia Family Year, bishops' conferences and international movements and associations involved in ...
Family
Speech by the Under-Secretary Gabriella Gambino during the study day on the theme “The Family as a Primary Evangelizing Subject”
Last March 23, the 5th Interdisciplinary Study Day JURIDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE FAMILY organized by the Faculty of Canon Law and the Center for Legal Studies on the Family was held in Rome at the ...
Women
Prof. Gabriella Gambino's presentation at the March 8 celebration "Women in the Church: Builders of Humanity" at the Pontifical Urbaniana University
«It is precisely within the framework of marital relationships that in the Church’s recent history some women have distinguished themselves, becoming the driving force behind a contagious ...
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
