Family
The family is the basic unit of Society and the Catholic Church has good news for the family. However this area is subject to many challenges, especially in Europe.
On several occasions CCEE has placed the family at the centre of its activities. To serve the Human person and announce the Gospel is also to serve the family.
The family ministry cannot be understood as a sector or an aspect of pastoral care, but rather as the perspective to which all pastoral care refers to. This adequate and complete pastoral care is connected with the urgency to proclaim the Gospel of the family.
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Audience of Pope Leo XIV with the Presidency of the CCEE and the Presidents of the Commissions
The activities of the CCEE, the initiatives of its Commissions and its future commitments were presented to the Holy Father.
The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, received in…

“The Christian Family: The Hope of Europe”
The Meeting of Bishops and National Directors for Family and Life
From 9 to 11 November 2025, Rome hosted a…

“I have come so that they might have life and have it to the full” (Jn 10:10): Promoting the Three Stages of Life
The online meeting of the Bishops and National Directors
On 6 May 2024 the Family and Life Commission of…
Meeting of the Bishops and National Directors for Family and Life
#_LOCATIONMAP 6 May 2024…

“Lord, how can we know the way?” (Jn,14:5). The family in Europe today
The meeting of bishops and national directors
The meeting of bishops and national directors for…
Meeting of the Bishops and National Directors for Family and Life
#_LOCATIONMAP 08 - 10 May 2023…

Church in Europe: a family of families on the move
The path to the World Meeting in June
From 10 to 12 May 2022, the first meeting of…
