FAMILY
The Dicastery promotes the pastoral ministry of marriage and the family based upon the Church's Magisterium, working to ensure that the rights and duties of spouses and the family are recognized in the Church itself, as well as in society, the economy and politics. In this regard, it organizes and supports international meetings and events. It also follows the activities of national and international Catholic institutes, associations, movements and organizations whose purpose is to serve the good of the family.
With the support of the Bishops' Conferences and the Eastern Churches, the Dicastery examines the variety of anthropological, social, cultural and economic conditions of family life.
Assisted by experts, the Dicastery studies and investigates the causes of crises in marriages and families, gathering and promoting models of pastoral accompaniment, formation of consciences and the integration for civilly remarried divorcees as well as for those who, in some cultures, live in situations of polygamy.
To achieve these goals, the Dicastery collaborates with the Pontifical Theological Institute “John Paul II” for Marriage and the Family Sciences.
News
Associations and Movements
The words of Msgr. Bassetti, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, and Fr. Gentili, head of the Family Ministry Office, to the assembly of the Forum of Family Associations. President De Palo: “Family are the cue not the illness”
“If the families stop, the country’s social motor will stop, the heart of society will stop beating. And if the heart stops beating, after a while brain death will follow. To prevent this drift, we ...
WMOF
From 21 to 24 August, roundtables and debates at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin
Each day, there will be roundtables, debates, moments of conviviality and prayer for the families, with appropriate activities for children and young people. All this is on the program of the ...
Local Churches
From the Italian Diocese of Sora, a letter for Easter inspired by Amoris Laetitia
“The Family, a Place of Blessing” is the theme of the letter that Bishop Gerardo Antonazzo addressed to the community of Sora for Lent and in the perspective of Easter. In continuity with previous ...