Family
WMOF
From 21 to 24 August, roundtables and debates at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin
Each day, there will be roundtables, debates, moments of conviviality and prayer for the families, with appropriate activities for children and young people. All this is on the program of the ...
Local Churches
From the Italian Diocese of Sora, a letter for Easter inspired by Amoris Laetitia
“The Family, a Place of Blessing” is the theme of the letter that Bishop Gerardo Antonazzo addressed to the community of Sora for Lent and in the perspective of Easter. In continuity with previous ...
FAFCE
In Bucharest, a conference on “The Family at the Center of the Economy” promoted by the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe
The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) recently met with the Romanian Association “Vladimir Ghika” for a conference in Bucharest on the theme: “The Family at the Center of ...
Local Churches
The Umbrian Bishops’ Conference launches the third edition of the two-year school of formation for families
The third edition of the family formation course “Mysterium Familiae” has been launched. This initiative is intended to respond to Pope Francis’ call to help every family to discover itself as a ...
Towards Easter
A resource for Lent from the diocese of Rome
“We want prayer to become once again the normal and daily breath of each of the faithful and of their communities of life and work, starting with the reality of the family.” This is the wish of Rome’s ...
The Miracle of Life
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints recognizes the healing of an unborn child
Paul VI has made another great and decisive step towards canonization. The members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints unanimously gave the green light to the second miracle attributed to the ...
Local Churches
A note from the Bishops of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta to accompany couples and families in difficult situations
To implement Amoris Laetitia the Bishops of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta have drawn up some guidelines now published in a note entitled “The Lord is close to those who have a wounded heart. Accompany, ...
Pope Francis
In his address to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the Pope reaffirms the intangibility of human life and the importance of the family, “the future of the Church and of society”
Pope Francis pronounced two important speeches in recent weeks on the themes of marriage, family, and life. The first was addressed to the participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for ...
John Paul II Institute
A seminar on the logic of desire and the theology of faith
"Faithfulness and Trust: The Logic of Desire and the Theology of Faith” is the theme of the study seminar promoted by the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute. Today, the culture of ...
Family and New Technologies
The report of the International Center for Family Studies: “The Social Networks, Valid Support”
The favorite social network of families is WhatsApp, where most of the family connections are present (82%). On Facebook, however, they are just over one half (51.4%). The instant messaging ...
John Paul II Institute
The Chair “Gaudium et Spes” at the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences was inaugurated a few days ago. “The new chair—a note indicates—expresses the ...
The Expert’s Note
A comment on the 2017 CISF Report by Dr. Marco Brusati, analyst of anthropological models of the mass media system
"We need a specific and stable commitment to know and guide the media relations of the very young, starting as early as late childhood; for example and as a first step, we cannot ignore whose ...
Local Churches
The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences calls for reflection on the Catholic family as a domestic Church on a mission of mercy
The Churches in Asia “reaffirm the mission of pastoral care of families. To fulfill this mission, the family needs a formation that empowers it, so that everyone feels called to love family life.” ...
WMOF
The eighth podcast in the series “Let’s Talk Family” designed to accompany the World Meeting of Families, is online.
Richard Brennan, head of the volunteer project of the 2018 World Meeting of Families, is the protagonist of the new episode—the eighth one—of the series of podcasts “Let’s Talk Family” proposed weekly ...
Local Churches
Bishop De Luca: “360-degree help for the family so that it may be the territory’s absolute protagonist of the territory”
A Family Help Center named “Amoris Laetitia” was opened a few weeks ago in the diocese of Termoli-Larino to provide assistance and support of experts and qualified personnel in different fields. A ...