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
10 videos Amoris Laetitia
Online the seventh episode of the dialogue of the Pope with families
«A generic concern for the family in large pastoral projects is not enough. We need a new missionary thrust: we cannot stop at theory, but we need to grapple with people’s concrete problems. Preparing ...
“Amoris Laetitia Family” Year
Gabriella Gambino's speech at the international meeting organized by the Embassy of France to the Holy See and the WUCWO
Last September 15, at the Centre Saint-Louis of the Institut français in Rome, a webinar entitled The new pastoral style of Amoris Laetitia: welcoming, accompanying, discerning and integrating, ...
10 Videos Amoris Laetitia
Online the sixth episode of the dialogue of the Pope with families
«Love always gives life. Spousal love is not exhausted within the couple, but generates a family. Parents’ love is the means by which God shows His love. He awaits the birth of every baby. He accepts ...