This new publication in Italian is the fruit of the initiatives carried out by the Pontifical Council for the Family from 1992-2002 under the Magisterium of the Holy Father John Paul II in favor of the world’s children.  The text contains Discourses and Messages of the Pope, Statements, Conclusions and Recommendations from the international Congresses sponsored by the Dicastery dedicated to different problems regarding children and their rights, and the texts of interventions delivered by various experts at those international Congresses.  As Cardinal A. López, the President of the P. Council, writes in the prologue to the book: “Peoples show the contours of their humanity in the way they treat children…The integral development of families and the realization of spouses’ and parents’ vocation must encourage putting the destiny of children in close-up.  We might say that this will be truly decisive in the future of pastoral care of the family”.

Proceedings in English of the International Conference organized jointly by the Pontifical Council for the Family and Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (USA), on: “Globalization, Economics and the Family” (Vatican City, November 27-29, 2000).  The papers given in the original languages are presented in Familia et Vita 1-2 2001.

This is the Spanish version of the original Italian Enchiridion della Famiglia: Documenti magisteriali e pastorali su famiglia e vita 1965-1999 (Ed. Dehoniane, Bologna 2000), now in its second edition.

The text contains the documents regarding the family and life from the Second Vatican Council, the Papal Magisterium, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the Pontifical Council for the Family.

The purpose of this ample publication is to offer to all those who have the institution of the family at heart a useful manual, an instrument to facilitate the consultation of many documents found in different publications on this vast problem which is at the center of the Church’s activity and concern.

Souvenir book with photos containing all the discourses of John Paul II delivered during the Jubilee of Families – Third World Meeting of the Holy Father with Families (Rome, October 14-15, 2000).

French edition of the series of comments and in-depth studies presented by professors of various disciplines on the document Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life, published by the Council in 1997 at the express wish of the Holy Father. Original Italian and Spanish editions available (see below).

Proceedings in Italian of the International Theological-Pastoral Congress held in Rome, from October 11-13, 2000, in the framework of the Jubilee of Families – Third World Meeting of the Holy Father with Families.

The purpose of this document is to offer useful guidelines to pastors and to urge politicians and lawmakers to protect the dignity and rights of the family based on marriage in the face of repeated attempts to grant legal status to “de facto” unions.  Available in English, Italian, Spanish and French and on Internet.

These are the Spanish and French editions of the book by PCF President Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo originally published in Italian: Famiglia, Vita e Nuova Evangelizzazione (Ed. S. Paolo, 1997).  The text contains a collection of reflections and presentations made by His Eminence from 1990 to 1997 on issues concerning the family and life.

Proceedings in Spanish of the Congress on: “The Family and the Integration of the Disabled in Childhood and Adolescence” (Vatican, December 2-4, 1999), organized jointly by the PCF, the “Centro de Educación Familiar Especial” (Madrid), and the “Programa Leopoldo” (Venezuela).

Proceedings in Spanish of the Third Meeting of Politicians and Lawmakers of America (Buenos Aires, August 3-5, 1999).

The text contains the documents regarding the family and life from the Second Vatican Council, the Papal Magisterium, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the Pontifical Council for the Family.

The purpose of this ample publication is to offer to all those who have the institution of the family at heart a useful manual, an instrument to facilitate the consultation of many documents found in different publications on this vast problem which is at the center of the Church’s activity and concern.

Edited by the P. Council for the Family.  EDB, Bologna 2000, 119 pp. + Indexes: biblical, names and sources, analytical. ISBN 88-10-24106-1. Price: € 26, Available from: Centro Editoriale Dehoniano, Via Nosadella 6, 40123 Bologna, Italy (Phone: +39 051 330 031; Fax: +39 051 331 354).

This publication is the result of a study meeting with experts held at the Council from December 14-16, 1998 in the framework of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Vatican Printing House 1999, € 2). The precise objective of the meeting was to draw up an instrument for reflection addressed not only to Christians but to all people of good will.  The booklet also contains the complete text of the Charter of the Rights of the Family (Holy See, 1983) and the Universal Declaration (UN, 1948). Available in Italian, English, Spanish, French and on Internet.

Collection of interventions and reports presented at the Second Meeting of European Politicians and Lawmakers  held in Vatican City from October 22-24, 1998, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family on the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  

A series of comments and in-depth studies are presented by professors of various disciplines on the document Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life, published by the Council in 1997 at the express wish of the Holy Father. Translations are available in Spanish: Moral Conyugal y Sacramento de la Penitencia (Ed. Palabra, S.A., Pº de la Castellana 210, 28046 Madrid, Spagna, FAX: 0034 91 359 02 30), and in French (see above).

Souvenir book illustrated with photos containing all the speeches of John Paul II related to the Second World Meeting with Families (Rio de Janeiro, October 1-5, 1997).

The complete Proceedings, in the original languages, of the Congress held in Rio de Janeiro, from October 1-3, 1997, in the framework of the Second World Meeting of the Holy Father with Families.

Presentation and reflections on the theme of the Second World Meeting of the Holy Father with Families (Rio de Janeiro, October 1-5, 1997).  Available in Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and on Internet.

This document was published by the Pontifical Council for the Family on March 1, 1997 at the express wish of the Holy Father to fill a certain void in the confessional regarding the delicate themes of conjugal morality. It is available in Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and German, and on Internet.

Proceedings in Spanish of the Third Latin American Congress of Pro-Life Movements (Cortines, Luján, Argentina, September 16-18, 1996), sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Proceedings in Spanish of the meeting held in Mexico City from June 6-8, 1996 with politicians and lawmakers of America, organized by the PCF and the Archiepiscopacy of Mexico.  Reflections in the light of the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae.

Proceedings in the original languages of the International Symposium organized jointly by the Pontifical Council for the Family, the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, and the Pontifical Academy for Life, in Rome, from May 23-25, 1996.

Proceedings in Italian of the International Congress held on the first anniversary of the publication of the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae, Rome, April 22-24, 1996. The Congress was jointly organized by the Pontifical Council for the Family, the Bioethical Institute of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, and the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Proceedings in Italian of the International Symposium on “The Family and the Economy in the Future of Society” (Rome, March 6-9, 1996). In: La Società, Anno VII, N. 1/97.  Available from: Cooperativa di lavoro e solidarietà sociale “Cercate”, Via T. Da Vica, 14, 37123 Verona, Italy, FAX: 39-045-8009370, € 7,50.  A Polish edition of this review is available from: “Civitas Christiana” Association, Via Mokotowska 43, 00-551, Warsaw, Poland, FAX: 0048 22 29786.

A guide for the pastoral work of preparation for the sacrament of marriage.  Available in Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and on Internet.

Guidelines offered to parents to help them in the difficult and delicate task of their children’s formation.  Available in Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and on Internet.

A document on the ethical and pastoral problems connected with world population and demographic policies.  Available in Italian, English, Spanish, French and German.

Proceedings in English of the International Conference on demography and the family (Taipei, September 1995).

Souvenir book of the First World Meeting of the Holy Father with Families held in Rome in October 1994 in the framework of the International Year of the Family.

Proceedings of the Theological-Pastoral Congress held on the occasion of the First World Meeting of the Holy Father with Families (Rome, October 1994) in the framework of the International Year of the Family.

Proceedings of the Theological-Pastoral Congress organized by the Pontifical Council for the Family in collaboration with the John Paul II Institute in November 1993 to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s Encyclical. Text in Italian/English.

Proceedings in Spanish of the Meeting held in Rio de Janeiro from October 29-31, 1993 of Catholic Latin American Politicians and Lawmakers in the perspective of the International Year of the Family.

Proceedings in Spanish of the continental meeting held in Mexico, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family in April 1993.

Proceedings of the meeting with experts on the natural regulation of fertility, sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family in December 1992.  Text in Italian/English.

Document on the theme of drug addiction following a meeting of experts on the subject held in June 1991. Available in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.

Document published following a meeting of experts on the defense of human life held in April 1991. Available in Italian, English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.

·        Matrimonio e Famiglia: dottrina e vita. Problemi, orientamenti, esperienze

·        Il Sacramento del Matrimonio e la missione educatrice

·        La Sacramentalità del Matrimonio e la spiritualità coniugale e familiare

·        La Famiglia nella missione dei laici

·        Realtà sacramentale e pastorale delle giovani coppie

·        La formazione del sacerdote e la pastorale della famiglia