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01/09/2016
Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
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03/05/2016
Amoris Laetitia n. 3
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27/03/2016
March 27th 2016 Easter of resurrection
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23/12/2015
8 December 2015 Opening of the Jubilee of Mercy
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22/12/2015
Merry Christmas!
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16/10/2015
The Martin couple: The Saints of the Synod
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15/08/2015
15 August: Assumption of Mary
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08/05/2015
Ephesians 5,32
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05/04/2015
Happy Easter
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13/02/2015
14 February - Valentine’s Day
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05/01/2015
6 january - Epiphany of the Lord
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01/11/2014
November 1, 2014, Solemnity of all saints
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19/10/2014
October 19, 2014 Closing of Extraordinary Synod on the Family
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04/10/2014
Families belonging to these communities exercise a vibrant apostolate and, judging from the past, are instrumental in the evangelization of many families. Their members offer a credible witness with their lives of fidelity in marriage, mutual respect, unity and openness to life.
Jarà - The Spectacle of Life
04/10/2014
Natural methods for fertility regulation are not natural "techniques" applied to solve a problem. Instead, they show a respect for human ecology and the dignity of the sexual relationship between husband and wife. They are part of a vision of conjugal life which is open to life.
Jarà - The Spectacle of Life
03/10/2014
In biblical tradition, the beauty of human love as mirroring divine love is developed mainly in the Song of Songs and the prophets.
Jarà - The Spectacle of Life
03/10/2014
Every instance where the Church is called to offer pastoral care to the faithful in a family setting can provide an opportunity for the Gospel of the Family to be announced, experienced and appreciated.
Jarà - The Spectacle of Life
02/10/2014
The demise of the concept of the natural law tends to eliminate the interconnection of love, sexuality and fertility, which is understood to be the essence of marriage. Consequently, many aspects of the Church’s sexual morality are not understood today.
Jarà - The Spectacle of Life
02/10/2014
A dynamic catechetical programme is needed — experiential in character — which, through personal testimony, shows the beauty of the family as transmitted by the Gospel and the documents of the Magisterium of the Church.
Jarà - The Spectacle of Life
01/10/2014
Christ the Lord “comes into the lives of married Christians through the Sacrament of Matrimony,” and remains with them.
- 14 February - Valentine’s Day
- 15 August: Assumption of Mary
- 5th July: Holy Father Francis’ First Encyclical
- 6 january - Epiphany of the Lord
- 8 December 2015 Opening of the Jubilee of Mercy
- A Church which is “poor and for the poor” must not fail to make her voice heard in this area.
- A dynamic catechetical programme is needed — experiential in character — which, through personal testimony, shows the beauty of the family as transmitted by the Gospel and the documents of the Magisterium of the Church.
- All respondents stress the importance of prayer in the family as the domestic Church (cf. LG, 11), where a true and proper “familial culture of prayer” is nourished.
- All the responses agree that a key point in fostering an authentic, incisive pastoral programme for the family seems ultimately to rest on a couple’s witness of life.
- Amoris Laetitia n. 3
- April 2nd, 2005 - 2014
- Ceneri
- Chiesa
- Christ the Lord “comes into the lives of married Christians through the Sacrament of Matrimony,” and remains with them.
- Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
- Difficulties arise when divorced parents are in disagreement on the Christian initiation of their child. In these cases, the Church is called to play an important mediating role through understanding and dialogue.
- Dimissioni Papa
- Easter 2014
- Ephesians 5,32
- Every instance where the Church is called to offer pastoral care to the faithful in a family setting can provide an opportunity for the Gospel of the Family to be announced, experienced and appreciated.
- Families belonging to these communities exercise a vibrant apostolate and, judging from the past, are instrumental in the evangelization of many families. Their members offer a credible witness with their lives of fidelity in marriage, mutual respect, unity and openness to life.
- Feast of St. Valentine - February 14th
- Francesco
- Generally speaking, it can be said that biblical teaching, particularly that in the Gospels and Pauline Letters, is more extensively known today. […]Many responses also note the faithful’s great desire to know Sacred Scripture better.
- Giudizio
- Happy Easter
- In biblical tradition, the beauty of human love as mirroring divine love is developed mainly in the Song of Songs and the prophets.
- In some places characterized by a somewhat sexist cultural tradition, there exists a certain lack of respect towards women, which hinders the necessary mutual exchange in conjugal life between a man and woman who are equal in dignity.
- In this regard, laws protecting the family in relation to work are frequently wanting, particularly those affecting working mothers.
- In this regard, the following challenges emerge: […] the promotion of just laws, such as those that ensure the defense of human life from its conception and those which promote the social goodness of an authentic marriage between a man and a woman.
- In various ways, the responses refer to many instances of the break-up and breakdown of families, the first and foremost being a couple’s divorce and separation which is sometimes caused by poverty.
- January 6th, Epiphany
- Jesus, in assuming human love, also perfected it (cf. GS, 49), giving man and woman a new manner of loving, which has its foundation in the irrevocable faithfulness of God.
- Many of the difficulties highlighted in the responses and observations reveal the agonizing situation of people today when faced with the subjects of love, the generation of life, the reciprocity between man and woman and fatherhood and motherhood.
- March 27th 2016 Easter of resurrection
- Marriage According to Francis
- Merry Christmas!
- Natural methods for fertility regulation are not natural "techniques" applied to solve a problem. Instead, they show a respect for human ecology and the dignity of the sexual relationship between husband and wife. They are part of a vision of conjugal life which is open to life.
- November 1, 2014, Solemnity of all saints
- October 19, 2014 Closing of Extraordinary Synod on the Family
- October 2014: The Synod on the Family
- October 26th Pilgrimage of the Families
- October 4th Opening the synod on the family
- Of great importance in the southern hemisphere is the phenomenon of “street children,” who are left by troubled parents to fend for themselves, and children, orphaned by the violent death of their parents, who are sometimes entrusted to their grandparents.
- One of the great challenges of the family today consists in attempts at its privatization, running the risk of forgetting that the family is “the fundamental cell of society, where we learn to live with others despite our differences and to belong to one another” (EG, 66).
- Pilgrimage of the Families
- Pope Francis has emphasized that “the Lord never tires of forgiving: never! It is we who tire of asking his forgiveness”.
- Some respondents recount that many dioceses foster specific endeavours and formation for couples who can then provide support to other couples and sustain a series of initiatives to promote a true familial spirituality.
- Some responses recommend preserving the special character of Sunday as the Lord’s Day — even civilly where possible — and encouraging families to meet on this day, not only individually as a family but collectively with other families.
- Some responses see a relation between the commonly-held contraception mentality and a pervasive gender ideology which tends to change some basic aspects of anthropology, including the meaning of the body and the difference between the sexes.
- St. John Paul II - World Day of Peace - 1994
- Such days can create an opportunity for families to interact with each other and to dialogue with older couples, thus adding to the value of initiatives based on the Bible and moments of prayer for engaged couples.
- The Church invokes the Holy Family of Nazareth, entrusting all families, in their moments of joy, hope and sorrow, to the care of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
- The Church’s love is a crucial element in providing special care for engaged couples. Therefore these persons are to be encouraged to become true partners among themselves and with others.
- The Martin couple: The Saints of the Synod
- The announcement of the life
- The demise of the concept of the natural law tends to eliminate the interconnection of love, sexuality and fertility, which is understood to be the essence of marriage. Consequently, many aspects of the Church’s sexual morality are not understood today.
- The dramatic aspect of these situations is that they lead to the gradual disappearance of the possibility of dialogue as well as the time and opportunity to work on relationships.
- The family becomes the place where children grow, through the various stages of their life, to respect life and form their personality.
- The family is an inexhaustible resource and font of life in the Church’s pastoral activity. Therefore, the primary task of the Church is to proclaim the beauty of the vocation to love which holds great potential for society and the Church.
- The great Christian witness made by separated persons who, courageously accepting their situation of suffering and solitude, remain faithful to their marriage vows.
- The initial experience of love and human relationships takes place within the family. Every child needs to live in the warmth and protective care of loving parents in a home where peace abides.
- The lack of a father-figure in many families causes major imbalances in households and uncertainty in gender identification in children.
- The mercy of God does not provide a temporary cover-up of personal misdeeds, but rather radically opens lives to reconciliation which brings new trust and serenity through true inward renewal.
- The responses and observations emphasize that the upbringing of children must be totally integrated, prompting the great question of truth which can serve as a guide in the journey of life.
- The responses are clearly opposed to legislation which would allow the adoption of children by persons in a same-sex union, because they see a risk to the integral good of the child, who has the right to have a mother and father.
- The responses give particular attention to mothers who have no husbands and who, alone, must care for their children, a situation which is often the result of much suffering and, very often, abandonment.
- The revelation of God sheds light on the relationship between a man and a woman, their love for each other and the fruitfulness of their relationship.
- The richness of the inter-generational relationships experienced in the family, where decisive events take place, e.g., birth and death, successes and misfortunes, achievements and disappointments.
- This entails “showing that to believe in and follow him [Christ] is not only something right and true, but also something beautiful, capable of filling life with new splendour and profound joy, even in the midst of difficulties” (EG 167).
- Times such as these, marked by illness and bereavement, are a particularly opportune occasion to rediscover the sustaining and consoling nature of the faith.
- With great mercy, the Church is called to find forms of “accompaniment” which can support her children on the path of reconciliation.
- Young people have a high esteem for couples who, even after many years of marriage, continue their life together in love and fidelity.
- pasqua
- “ Marriage is the icon of God’s love for us. Indeed, God is communion too: the three Persons of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit live eternally in perfect unity. And this is precisely the mystery of Matrimony: God makes of the two spouses one single life”.
- “Marriage based on an exclusive and definitive love becomes the icon of the relationship between God and his people and vice versa. God's way of loving becomes the measure of human love” (DCE, 11).
- “Parents are called, as Saint Augustine once said, not only to bring children into the world but also to bring them to God, so that through baptism they can be reborn as children of God and receive the gift of faith” (LF, 43).