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
The Dicastery’s official Fr. Guillermo Gutiérrez to meet teachers, leaders, and young people in Mexico
The Mexican Bishops’ Conference has organized two meetings for today in the diocese of Querétaro to reflect on the indications offered by the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia on educational ...
WMOF
The delegate Msgr. Simón in Madrid at a conference for the preparation of the Meeting in Dublin
A few days ago, the delegate of our Dicastery, Msgr. Carlos Simon, attended a meeting in Madrid, at the headquarters of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. The focus of this encounter, attended by Family ...
Formation
“Retrouvaille” proposes a course for accompanying those who are going through difficulties in the family
“The Couple and the Crisis: How to Accompany, Discern, Integrate” is the theme of the sessions of formation promoted conjointly by the association “Retrouvaille” and the Italian Confederation of ...