Pope Francis has called for a special year dedicated to the family, which will begin on March 19 and conclude with the World Meeting of Families scheduled in Rome in June 2022.
During the messages for the Angelus prayer held in the library and not in St. Peter’s Square, as Italy is limited by the health emergency, Francis explained that this year dedicated to the family takes place on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the apostolic exhortation “Amoris laetitia”, the publication after the synod dedicated to this subject.
“This special year will be an opportunity to deepen the content of the Amoris laetitia document through proposals and pastoral tools, which will be made available to ecclesiastical communities and families to guide them on their way,” added Francisco to.
The Pope invited all Catholics “to join the initiatives that will be promoted during the year and coordinated by the Dicaster for the Laity, Family and Life”.
May the Virgin Mary, to whom we now turn with the Angelus Prayer, lead the families of the whole world to feel more and more fascinated by the evangelical ideal of the Holy Family, so that they become a leaven of the new humanity and of a concrete and universal solidarity ”, he concluded.