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A Society Without Love The central problem that is causing so much anguish in people’s lives today is the lack of love.  Mother Teresa said it well: “The greatest sickness in the West today is not tuberculosis or leprosy.  It is feeling ourselves unloved and unwanted; it is feeling ourselves abandoned.  Medicine can heal physical […]

Archbishop Paglia was in Nigeria, from 5 to 9 May, for a visit full of shared excitement and communication. The trip began with a working session with the entire Nigerian Bishops’ Conference on the new Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. During this meeting, after the presentation of the text in an African perspective (cf. annex) by […]

Archbishop Paglia was in Nigeria, from 5 to 9 May, for a visit full of shared excitement and communication. The trip began with a working session with the entire Nigerian Bishops’ Conference on the new Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. During this meeting, after the presentation of the text in an African perspective (cf. annex) by […]

Inspired by the desire to make the Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” more fully known throughout Italy, by means of a thoughtful personal presentation, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, went to two dioceses, one in Central Italy and the other in the South, with all the enthusiasm aroused in him […]

“In Africa, più che in altre parti del mondo, la famiglia è veramente ‘famiglia di Dio’, ‘santuario dell’amore e della vita’. Vi esorto ad avanzare con perseveranza in questa direzione e di portarne testimonianza quotidiana”. Così monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la famiglia, ha scritto in un messaggio rivolto ai partecipanti al […]

For our Church, the Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” is the milestone on a long and winding journey. The Holy Father’s enthusiastic invitation to deal broadly, freely and openly with questions that are real and not just academic resounds throughout this Exhortation. Respecting tradition, it reflects prior synodal documents, the 2015 Wednesday Audience catecheses, and the writings of […]

Taiwan, november 2015 DOWNLOAD TEXT

We have come to end of the liturgical year. The Gospel passage we have listened to closes the eschatological discourse that we have been meditating on these past days. Jesus was speaking in Jerusalem. He went to the Temple every day to teach the people, then when evening came, he went to the Garden of […]

Giovedi 5 novembre Vincenzo Paglia, ha parlato della famiglia e dello sviluppo umano al Forum demografico di Budapest, intitolato “Famiglie al centro”. Subito dopo aver consegnato un messaggio speciale di Sua Santità, Papa Francesco, Sua Eccellenza ha poi pronunciato il suo discorso ufficiale davanti alla platea di partecipanti, comprese eminenti autorità, sia civili che ecclesiastiche, […]

At the end of the Mass in Philadelphia, the Pope presented the Gospel to five families from around the world. They were accompanied by a family that arrived directly from Damascus, Syria, where the population is suffering from one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies of our time. Such a significant presence could not be lacking; […]

In the contemporary debate about the family, the value of this institution on a private level, as a milieu of affection and rewarding relationships, does not seem to be questioned. Most research shows that the family is first or second among people’s main concerns. Yet, because of the processes of modernization, it is increasingly considered […]