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 | FAFCE welcomes the EESC Opinion on Demographic challenges
Press Release FAFCE welcomes the EESC Opinion on Demographic challenges Brussels, 12 May 2020 FAFCE welcomes the Exploratory opinion on "Demographic challenges in the EU in light of economic inequalities and development disparities" adopted
Press Release | Families need a more effective support
Press Release Families need a more effective support Brussels, 4 May 2020 "Families and enterprises must be helped together: they go hand in hand and everyone, in the current situation, should recognise this evidence"-
Newsletter | Happy Easter 🌸
Rome, Easter 2020 European unity becomes noticeable only through the solidarity it can demonstrate, whether within our communities or between European Institutions and Member States. In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, with our joint
FAFCE Members: Initiatives to help families during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
France – CNAFC The French National Confederation of Catholic Family Associations (CNAFC) publishes every week a newsletter with news and initiatives to help Catholic families during the time of quarantine. The Confederation even created a Facebook
Vatican Meetings
Vatican City (10 March) - Our President, Vincenzo Bassi, together with our Secretary General, Nicola Speranza, spent a day full of meetings where they visited different Holy See officials whose mandate is related to FAFCE’s
Focus on demographic challenges: FAFCE’s interventions to the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
Brussels (14-15 January) – In the context of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which has made the demographic challenge one of the priorities of its semester (January-July 2020), FAFCE intervened
Meeting with Dubravka Suica, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography
Brussels (25 February 2020) - Our President, Vincenzo Bassi, and our Secretary General, Nicola Speranza, met with Vice-President Dubravka Šuica and her team to present FAFCE’s proposals regarding her portfolio on Demography and Democracy. They
Press Release | Family Associations ask for more solidarity in Europe
Brussels, 18 March 2020 No European family should feel to be left alone by the institutions, in a moment where fear and disorientation seem to prevail, we wish to reaffirm the fundamental importance
Press Release | Let’s restart from the family
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
War in Ukraine: the courageous support of Ukrainian refugees by Polish families
March 14, 2022 Following FAFCE's call for donations for Ukrainian families, Theresa Kapela, FAFCE delegate of the member association "Związek Dużych Rodzin 3+" (association of large Polish families), shares her testimony and courageous example of Polish families helping Ukrainian
Meeting of the President of FAFCE with Card. Hollerich, President of COMECE in Luxembourg
March 10th, 2022, On the 4th of March 2022, the President of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE), Vincenzo Bassi, and its Secretary General, Nicola Speranza, met with Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, President of COMECE, in Luxembourg.
CALL FOR DONATIONS to support Ukrainian families
Brussels, the 10th of March 2022 Following last week's FAFCE appeal for peace in Ukraine, our Members and Partner Associations wish to commit concretely to support Ukrainian families fleeing the war. Indeed, as associations of European families, we
Happy International Women’s Day: celebrating the contribution of women
8th of March 2022, On the International Women’s Day, FAFCE celebrates the great contribution of women to our families, our communities, Europe and the Church. This year, the Catholic University of Avila, organised a two-day International interuniversity congress on
Statement of the European Sunday Alliance on the annual European Day for a Work-Free Sunday on March 3 2022
3 March 2022, The 3rd of March 2022 is the European day for a work free Sunday. The European Sunday Alliance calls on political leaders to put as a priority of the EU social policy agenda the establishment of
A mixed message of the European Parliament when it comes to the freedom of expression of NGOs
25th of February 2022, On February 17th, 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on ‘A statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations’, tackling the effectiveness of the freedom of expression for the European civil society, far from
