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
Local Churches
From the dioceses of Milan and Turin a series of proposals for couples, parents and children
Spiritual Exercises, resources, documents, activities, and formation are proposed especially to families in many dioceses. For example, the service for the family of the church of Milan ...
Local Churches
The newsletter prepared by the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences is online
The latest issue of the newsletter published by the Office of Laity and Family of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) is online. The PDF file can be downloaded free of charge. This ...
WMOF
The training of some of the 1,300 volunteers has begun and the Hyland family from Australia is coming
In Dublin, the organizational machine preparing the big World Meeting of Families is moving ahead. There are already over one thousand registrations, precisely 1046, with 606 from Ireland and 440 from ...