Pope Francis convened a special year dedicated to the family, which will begin on March 19 and conclude with the World Meeting of Families scheduled in Rome for June 2022.
During the messages before the angelus prayer held in the library and not dumped in St. Peter’s Square, as Italy is confined by the health emergency, Francis explained that this year dedicated to the family occurs on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the apostolic exhortation “Amoris laetitia”, the publication after the synod dedicated to this issue.
“This special year will be an opportunity to delve into the contents of the document Amoris laetitia, through proposals and pastoral instruments, which will be made available to communities and ecclesial families, to accompany them on their way,” he said. added Francisco.
The pope invited all Catholics “to join the initiatives that will be promoted during the year and which will be coordinated by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life.”
“May the Virgin Mary, to whom we now turn with the prayer of the Angelus, get families around the world to feel more and more fascinated by the evangelical ideal of the Holy Family, so that they become the yeast of a new humanity and a concrete and universal solidarity “, he concluded.