Marriage
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 ...
Local Churches
2018 is dedicated to the family with the pastoral resource “Together Forever. On the Path of Sacramental Marriage”
“Together Forever. On the Path of Sacramental Marriage” is the theme that will accompany the Church in Germany throughout 2018. A four-part pastoral resource has been published under the same title to ...
Film
Films proposed by the association Cattolica Esercenti Cinema for reflecting together on the family
The project entitled “Esperienze d'amore” (Experiences of Love), promoted by the Catholic association "Esercenti Cinema" for the Office of Family Ministry of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, ...
Local Churches
From the dioceses of Milan and Turin a series of proposals for couples, parents and children
Spiritual Exercises, resources, documents, activities, and formation are proposed especially to families in many dioceses. For example, the service for the family of the church of Milan ...
Symposium of the Italian Bishops’ Conference
Pope Francis's Video Message: “Spouses and Parents are accompanied the commitment to apply the Gospel to the concreteness of life”
“Love between man and woman is obviously one the most generative human experiences. It is the leaven of the culture of encounter and gives the present world an injection of sociality. Indeed, the good ...
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 ...
Italy
The Diocese of Trivento invites its parish priests to concrete commitment in marriage preparation
“The Joy of Yes forever” is the title of the marriage preparation course proposed by the Pastoral Family Ministry of Trivento (Campobasso) with the aim—the organizers explain—“of offering effective ...
Movements - Communities
In Tarnów, An International Conference of the Leaders of Encounters of Married Couples
Three hundred fifty representatives of the Centers of Encounters of Married Couples attended the International Conference for Leaders that was held from 8 to 10 September at the Theological Seminar in ...
The John Paul II Institute
The John Paul II Institute’s offer of formation for the new academic year
Ten proposals, including licentiates, doctorates, and masters, to “to deepen the knowledge of the truth about marriage and the family, in the light of faith and with the help of the different human ...
The frontier of the human life
“Deepening the knowledge of the truth about marriage and the family, in the light of faith and with the help of the different human sciences, and preparing priests, religious, and laypeople to render ...