Family
IPF
The 2018 Report on the Evolution of the Family in Europe has been prepared by the Institute for Family Policy (IFP). Demographic evolution, the evolution of nuptiality, family and reconciliation, and ...
Holy See
A decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary explains the conditions for the indulgences granted on the occasion of the Dublin World Meeting of Families
Pope Francis will grant the gift of indulgences to the faithful on the occasion of the IX World Meeting of Families. This was announced by the Apostolic Penitentiary with a decree issued today, ...
Middle East
Salvatore Martinez: “It will be a reference point for pilgrims and a place for diffusing the teaching on the family”
Set on a hill, on a site that covers 15,000 square meters, there will be a house for pilgrims with 103 family-sized rooms, a home for refugees and the poor, a church, and a structure with auditoriums ...
Dicastery
The video interview to the Under Secretary Linda Ghisoni foolowing the adoption of the new statute
"The competences of a Dicastery like ours, for the Laity, Family and Life, reveal themselves more and more in their connection, in their transversal interconnection." These are the words of ...
WMOF
The fourth artistic multimedia clip combined with the catechetical journey towards the Dublin World Meeting is on line
“And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers” (Lk 2:47): this evangelical phrase is the theme of the fourth artistic clip in preparation for the Dublin World Meeting of ...
Local Churches
Bishop Mercado: “Young people and families, an educational alliance that flourishes in the parish”
“All have been baptized, but many have not been catechized”—starting with this point, H.E. Msgr. Jesse E. Mercado, the Bishop of Parañaque—in the Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines—, in an interview ...
WMOF
Address of Ireland’s Primate Archbishop Eamon Martin at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
“The World Meeting will seek to communicate and distil for our times the beautiful and prophetic vision of God’s plan for marriage and the family” because “we believe that the Church’s proclamation of ...
Dicastery
The Secretary, Fr. Awi Mello, to the jurists gathered at San Calisto: “Justice necessary in the family’s internal and external relations”
“I hope that these days of reflection among jurists of the highest international level may constitute the basis for creating the context of justice, both within family relationships and outside the ...
Local Churhces
Reflections and testimonies of the National Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference to walk on the “Roads of Happiness”
Four days of meetings, reflections, and conferences to trace “Roads of Happiness” in the man-woman alliance. This is the theme of the 20th National Week of Study on Conjugal and Family Spirituality, ...
Family
Interventions of Father Gutiérrez in Honduras on the challenges of the family and the pastoral work required today
“Seek new ways to transmit faith in Jesus Christ, to help young people discover the splendor and beauty of human and divine love, of the body and sexual difference in order to go out to meet ...
Local Churches
A reflection on Amoris Laetitia from the Bishops of Lombardy
“We are addressing the diocesan and religious priests, the pastoral workers, and the families of our local churches to express our views on the reception of this important document in our context. We ...
Theology of the family
A text by Sister Rita Ndoci on the theology of the family in Familiaris Consortio and Gratissimam Sane for the new evangelization in Albania
This volume is the result of a long period of study and research. This is how the Archbishop of Scutari presented the work of Sr. Rita Ndoci, Sister of Jesus the Good Shepherd, a precious contribution ...
WMOF
Combined with preparatory catechesis, available in five languages, it is an ideal resource for parishes
"Ombra mai fu", the opening aria of Georg Friedrich Handel’s opera “Xerxes,” is the soundtrack of the third multimedia artistic clip produced by the Dicastery with the collaboration of the ...
Easter
Easter greetings of the Dicastery’s Secretary, Father Alexandre Awi Mello
“May this Easter be a time of renewal for everyone and for the Church through the family and the young!” This is the wish that the Dicastery’s Secretary, Father Alexandre Awi Mello, addresses to ...
Local Churches
From the Archdiocese of Palermo, a document based on the experiences gathered by pastoral care workers compared with the documents of the Church
After long elaboration, the Family Ministry Office of the Archdiocese of Palermo has presented the document “For a Diocesan Itinerary of Marriage Preparation.” The text is the result of the collection ...