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Human dignity

Every person has an inherent and immeasurable worth and dignity. Each human life is sacred, from its start to its end.

How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium

312, 2020

Press Release | COMECE-FAFCE reflection on the role of the elderly in times of demographic change

December 3rd, 2020|Categories: Demographic challenges, European Union, Family & Work-life balance, Human dignity, Press Release|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

“Elderly people are a gift and a resource, [...] they cannot be seen as separated from communities”, states FAFCE, together with the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) in the reflection paper “The Elderly and the Future of

2511, 2020

#EndViolenceAgainstWomen: The fight against violences begins with education on human dignity

November 25th, 2020|Categories: Human dignity, Latest News|Tags: , , , , , |

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, FAFCE President, Vincenzo Bassi, declared: “The fight against violence calls for a change of mentality and for a focus on education. Domestic violence is the direct result of

1811, 2020

Ban on eugenic abortion in Poland: a crucial step to end discrimination against persons with disabilities

November 18th, 2020|Categories: European Union, FAFCE Members, Human dignity, Latest News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On the 22nd of October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Court ruled that abortion due to eugenic reasons was unconstitutional, as it was contrary to the protection of the dignity and the life of the human person, guaranteed by the

2409, 2020

Slovakia: a bill under discussion to support pregnant women and young mothers

September 24th, 2020|Categories: Human dignity, Latest News, Parenthood & Children education|

An amending proposal to the law on abortion is currently discussed in Slovakia, which proposes to improve pre- and post-natal care for women. The amended law would then offer new means to protect pregnant women and young mothers from

1507, 2020

Scandal of the surrogacy industry in Ukraine: let’s put a stop

July 15th, 2020|Categories: Human dignity, Latest News|Tags: , , , , |

Scandal of the surrogacy industry in Ukraine: let’s put a stop Over the recent years, Ukraine has become an international hub for the practice of surrogacy, often acting against their own State legislation, due to its competitive prices

1506, 2020

Press Release | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: More Family is the Answer to Prevent Elder Abuse

June 15th, 2020|Categories: Demographic challenges, Human dignity, Latest News, Press Release, United Nations|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Brussels, 15 June 2020 “Promoting a family-friendly culture is the best answer to fight elder abuse. Family associations can play a key-role in overcoming the current ways we take care of the elderly, by creating new structures of solidarity

1505, 2020

FAFCE fully supports the appeal made by the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops to ban all forms of surrogacy

May 15th, 2020|Categories: Human dignity, Latest News|Tags: , , , |

FAFCE fully supports the appeal made by the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops to ban all forms of surrogacy In recent days, a video has been widely spread online, published by a Ukrainian company devoted to the practice of surrogacy. The video

1304, 2018

Antoine Renard: Individual “rights” endanger 1948 Declaration of Human Rights

April 13th, 2018|Categories: Human dignity, Latest News, United Nations|Tags: |

FAFCE president Antoine Renard was interviewed by the Austrian Catholic Press Agency: The human rights ideal born out of the catastrophe of World War II only aimed at fostering the rights of a person, in order that the state

2303, 2018

The “earthquake” of a Down baby. “Once again a father, I finally feel like a son”.

March 23rd, 2018|Categories: FAFCE Members, Human dignity, Latest News|Tags: , |

We publish below an article originally published on the Italian newspaper "Avvenire", containing a testimony from Gigi De Palo, President of our Member, "Forum delle Associazioni Familiari".  I have the impression I am living in a dream. I

1812, 2017

Press Release | Ireland: culture of life in danger after Oireachtas Committee vote

December 18th, 2017|Categories: FAFCE Members, Human dignity, Press Release|Tags: , |

Brussels, 18 December 2017 The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) and its member in Ireland, Family Solidarity, express their deep concern at the recommendation of the Oireachtas (Irish National Parliament) Special Committee calling for the