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Rome, 31 May 2025

International Seminar

in the framework of the

Jubilee of Families, Grandparents and the Elderly:

Family Networks for the Future of the Church

Challenges for an international Confederation of Catholic Family Associations

Rome, 31 May 2025, Jubilee of Families, Grandparents and the Elderly, 

Sala Giubileo, LUMSA University, Via di Porta Castello, 44

 

“I also renew the encouragement I gave to you five years ago (1 June 2017) and I encourage you to continue your work of encouraging the creation and consolidation of family networks. This is a valuable service, because there is a need for places, gatherings and communities where couples and families feel welcomed, accompanied, and never alone. There is an urgent need for the local Churches, both in Europe and beyond, to encourage the work of the laity and families who accompany families”. 

Address of Pope Francis to the Board of FAFCE, on The Urgent Need to Develop Family Networks for the Future of Europe and the Universal Church, Clementine Hall, Vatican City, 10 June 2022
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The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe represents 33 national and local organisations: we are the voice of families from a Catholic perspective at the European level. FAFCE holds a participatory status with the Council of Europe since 2001 and is a member of the Fundamental Rights Platform of the European Union.