Family
World Meeting of families
Our society has accustomed us to an egocentric view of sexual love. However, as Pope Francis writes in Amoris Laetitia, “sexuality is not a means of gratification or entertainment; it is an ...
World Meeting of Families
“Like any terminally ill child, the unborn child with a life-limiting condition is a precious gift for his or her parents to accept, welcome, and nurture in the remaining weeks and days.” These are ...
World Meeting of Families
“As founder of the Catholic Grandparents Association (CGA), I firmly believe in the transmission of the faith at home and in the role of grandparents in this mission.” This is how Catherine Wiley ...
World Meeting of Families
“The parents of our 4 grandchildren have chosen not to educate their children in the faith. We respect their decisions, while trying to discover new ways to do this, with creativity, fun, and love.” ...
World Meeting of Families
“The complexity of today’s society and the challenges faced by the family require a greater effort on the part of the whole Christian community in preparing those who are about to be married.” The ...
World Meeting of Families
“The history of salvation has been changed forever by a family.” This was the starting point of the intervention of Patrick E. Kelly, Vice Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus (USA), on the ...
Dublin: Anna and Alberto Friso
The testimony of the Friso couple on conjugal love, founded in God who is Love, can overcome every crisis and realize every dream
“It is in the family that life is enkindled. There, in a school of ever richer and more complete humanity, one learns to share, to rejoice and to suffer, to experience illness and to face death. Love ...
World Meeting of Families
“Unfortunately, opportunities for people with disabilities to share the faith and belong to a community are still limited.” This was said by Cristina Gangemi, director of the Kairos Forum and ...
World Meeting of Families
“I’m an adult with Down’s syndrome. I like people to see me and not my condition. I feel that my life is blessed.” This was said by Michael Gannon, a marketing expert with Down syndrome, who spoke ...
Dublin: Lidia and Andrea Alessi
Love is greater: from character differences to the formula of mutual giving and without reserve. From “mourning” over not having children to discovering the possibility of being fruitful in another way
"In our history, we experience the words that Pope Francis wrote in Amoris Laetitia: “Even in cases where, despite the intense desire of the spouses, there are no children, marriage still retains ...
World Meeting of Families
The “spiritual realism” of marriage, in which “each spouse realizes that the other is not his or her own, but has a much more important master, the one Lord,” is the central theme of Amoris Laetitia ...
World Meeting of Families
The reference chosen by Emmanuel and Marie-Gabrielle Ménager (Tobec, France), who spoke this morning during the panel session on the importance of the complementarity of mothers and fathers, at the ...
World Meeting of Families
In the context of the Dublin World Meeting of Families, which will continue until August 26th, Claire and John Grabowski, of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family and Youth of the United States’ ...
World Meeting of Families
“Families engaged in business play a key role in the development of the common good, in social development, and in the economic needs of humanity.” Gordian Gudenus, a partner and director of the Bank ...
World Meeting of Families
“To help each person to live fully their vocation to love.” This is how, the Archbishop of Toledo, Msgr. Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, described the mission of the group Santa Teresa in the diocese, today, ...