Bioethics
“This bioethics will not begin with a consideration of sickness and death in order to reach an understanding of the meaning of life and the worth of the individual – Pope Francis said. Rather, it will begin with a profound belief in the irrevocable dignity of the human person, as loved by God – the dignity of each person, in every phase and condition of existence – as it seeks out those forms of love and care that are concerned for the vulnerability and frailty of each individual”.
Press Release | Coronavirus: let’s rediscover our relationships
Paris - Rome, 16 March 2020 “It is not good for man to be alone”. In this context of the pandemic, it is indeed loneliness which risks being spread. Family remains as the
Newsletter | Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas!
The end of the year is often a moment of final summaries. But this time around resembles a preamble for a new beginning. For many reasons.
Press Release | 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: our Common responsibility
On the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), FAFCE recalls the importance of caring for our children
Press Release | FAFCE Board: Call for a European Natality Pact
FAFCE Members gathered this week in Brussels, where they adopted a new Resolution for a European Natality Pact and renewed the Bureau
FAFCE Board Resolution | Call for a European Natality Pact
Brussels, 9 October 2019 The new European Parliament is starting its legislative activities and the Members of the College of the European Commission have started to present their concrete programs. During the last
FAFCE Presidency Message for the European Elections Stronger Families for Flourishing Societies: Vote for the Family!
Dear FAFCE Friends, The EU elections have already started in some Countries and will take place tomorrow in all the others. As the Board of our Federation already did last week from Malta with
FAFCE Board Resolution | Rebuilding Europe Restarting from the Family
FAFCE Board Resolution Mdina, Malta, International Day of the Family, 15 May 2019 The European Elections are a unique occasion for all families to make their voice heard and to affirm that the
FAFCE 2019 Manifesto for the elections of the European Parliament
FAFCE Manifesto Vote For Family 2019
Newsletter | Happy Easter from FAFCE
Brussels, 20th April 2019 Dear friends, With this message I would like to send you the best wishes for the Easter, from the entire Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE). The events
PRESS RELEASE | FAFCE Autumn Board Meeting: “Families for a Sustainable and Integral Development”
Brussels, 28 October 2021 From the 25th to the 27th of October 2021, FAFCE Members from all over Europe gathered in Strasbourg, France, for 3 days of conference, exchanges and high-level meetings. Vincenzo Bassi, FAFCE's President, stated: "There can
FAFCE 2021 Autumn Board Resolution: Families for Sustainable and Integral Development
FAFCE Board Resolution Families for Sustainable and Integral Development Strasbourg, 26 October 2021 FAFCE invites European institutions and national governments to consider the EU demographic crisis with the same attention given to the digital and green transitions. It also
FAFCE addresses the motherhood and parental pay gap in a public consultation on pay transparency measures
20 October 2021, FAFCE welcomed the recent Commission’s proposal for a directive on pay transparency measures to tackle the difference of pay between men and women. FAFCE endorsed the Commission’s will to “strengthen the application of the principle of
CONFERENCE INVITATION | Ecology of the Family and Integral Development (Livestream 25 October 2021, 18.00 – 20.00)
The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe, jointly with the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations, is happy to invite you to an event on the occasion of the Amoris Laetitia Family Year "Family is the first place
FAFCE Dialogue #4 with Janez Cigler Kralj, Slovenian Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
1st October 2021, On the 21st of September 2021, FAFCE organised its 4th FAFCE Dialogue on demographic challenges in Europe. After meeting online with the Hungarian and Italian Ministers for family and the Vice-President of the European Commission on
2021 State of the Union Address by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: a year focused on the European youth
27 September 2021, The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed on the 16th of September the European Parliament to present the annual guidelines of the Commission’s working program, also known as the “State of the
