Pornography
Much of the pornography currently produced and made available through the Internet stands in serious conflict with gender equality, tackling stereotypes, protection of vulnerable persons and the promotion of human rights. Harmful effects produced by the consumption and production of pornography have been documented. Pornography has been found to desensitize the consumer to sexual aggression, causing sexual aggression towards women, normalizing sexual assault, and also producing rape myths, all of which has serious consequences for any attempt to reach gender equality.The current legal reality is that there are very few effective regulations governing pornography either domestically in the European Parliament or Council of Europe region or internationally. We are trying to make awareness in this section of our site of this phenomenon in our today society which affects our families and our children.
PRESS RELEASE I European Parliament votes to force pornographic websites to use effective age-verification tools to protect minors
Strasbourg, 18 June 2025 The Federation of Catholic Family Association in Europe (FAFCE) welcomes the decision of the European Parliament to force pornographic websites to put in place "robust and effective age verification tools to effectively
Press Release : Rome Jubilee of Families | International Seminar on Family Networks vows to launch an International Confederation of Catholic Family Associations
Rome, 2nd of June 2025 The Federation of Catholic Family Association in Europe (FAFCE) had the honour to coorganise with the Italian Forum of Family Associations last Friday on Saturday 31 May the International
FAFCE organises the International Seminar “Family Networks for the Future of the Church” in Rome
International Seminar "Family Networks for the Future of the Church" in Rome on the Saturday 31 May 2025, Jubilee of Families, Grandparents and the Elderly, Sala Giubileo, LUMSA University, Via di Porta Castello
FAFCE Board Meeting reflects on Catholic Social Teaching just before election of Pope Leo XIV
Brussels, the 15th of May 2025 Today, we celebrate the International Day of Families ! Just last week, from the 6th to the 8th of May, the Federation of Catholic Family Association in Europe
FAFCE Spring Board Resolution 2025 on Family Networks
FAFCE Spring Board Resolution 2025 Resolution on the Family and Family Networks Hertogenbosch, 6th May 2025 The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE), inspired by the Catholic Social Teaching, invites the European
Press Release : FAFCE welcomes the election of Pope Leo XIV
Brussels, 09 May 2025 Following its Spring Board Meeting in the Netherlands, the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) rejoices for the election of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, following the choice
FAFCE President speaks at the Intergroup on Demography of the European Parliament
Brussels, 25th April 2025 On Thursday 24th April, FAFCE President Vincenzo Bassi was invited to speak on “Intergenerational solidarity and demography policies of the EU” at the European Parliament Intergroup on Demography. The
Press Release : In Gratitude for a Shepherd of Families: FAFCE honours the Legacy of Pope Francis
Brussels, 22 April 2025 The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) expresses its heartfelt sorrow at the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, following the announcement of the Sede Vacante on Easter
FAFCE President intervenes at a conference ‘2nd careers: challenges and opportunities’
Brussels, 9th of April 2025 On the 29th of March FAFCE President Vincenzo Bassi intervened at a conference ‘2nd careers: challenges and opportunities’, organised by the Catholic University of Porto Alumni Office and various
PRESS RELEASE: UN Side Event on the Principal role of Families in Education
Brussels, 25 September 2025 Just last week, on Tuesday 16th September, the Federation of Catholic Family Association in Europe (FAFCE) co-organised the event "Family as a Cornerstone: Upholding Parental Roles in ensuring the right to education" at the United
Protecting minors from online threats – Conference on 23 September
Brussels, 17 September 2025 A conference on "Protecting minors from online threats" will take place on Tuesday 23rd September at 18h in the European Parliament. You may register here : https://forms.gle/ecYAtfb82M8CxmVd8Thank you to MEP Matej Tonin (EPP, Slovenia) for supporting this important cause
“Family as a primary cornerstone” : a side-event on Education in Geneva.
Geneva, 15 September 2025 The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) is a co-organiser of the side-event "Family as a primary cornerstone" that will take place in United Nations, Geneva on Tuesday 16 September. FAFCE President Vincenzo
Vincenzo Bassi : Family and birth expenses out of the EU Stability Pact
Saturday, the 30th of August 2025 The presentation of the Update to the Economic and Financial Document (DEF)—which the Italian Government must submit to the Italian Parliament by September 27—and the subsequent submission of the 2026 budget bill to
FAFCE pays tribute to the late MEP Anna Záborská
Brussels, 22 August 2025 It is with profound sorrow that the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) has learned of the passing of Mrs. Anna Záborská, a faithful servant of the common good, a devoted mother and
Deliberate efforts to add abortion into the Directive on Victims Rights
Brussels, 17 July 2025 As discussions are going on about the Directive on Victims Rights, intensive pressures are made to introduce access to abortion in EU law through this directive. The Directive on Victims Rights was voted in the European
