Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization
SYNOD OF BISHOPS 2014
"Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization"
III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
5-19 October 2014
Marriage and the family – what do Catholics around the world think?
- Austria: Die katholische Kirche in Österreich: Familien-Umfrage
- Belgium (Dutch): Syntheserapport van de Belgische Bisschoppenconferentie
- Belgium (French): Rapport de synthèse de la Conférence épiscopale de Belgique
- Germany: Summary of the responses from the German dioceses and archdioceses
- Japan: Response to the Secretariat of the Extraordinary Synod by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan
- Malta: Maltese Episcopal Conference Preliminary Report
- Switzerland: Umfrage zur Partnerschafts-, Ehe und Familienpastoral der katholischen Kirche – Ergebnisse
- UK: Marriage and Family: The Call, the Journey and the Mission
- USA:"What the People of God Said" - Thoughts and Reflection by Bishop Robert Lynch, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
Texts by Cardinal Walter Kasper:
- Bibbia, Eros e Famiglia (address to the College of Cardinals during the Consistory of 22 February 2014, in: Il Foglio Quotidiano, 1 March 2014)
- The Gospel of the Family
- Das Evangelium von der Familie
- El evangelio de la familia
Mgr Johan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp, looks ahead to the Synod (letter 1 September 2014):
- Synod on the Family: Expectations of a Diocesan Bishop
- Die Bischofssynode über die Familie: Erwartungen eines Diözesanbischofs
- Synode sur la famille: attentes d'un évêque diocésain
- Synode over het gezin: verwachtingen van een diocesane bisschop
Institutions, organizations:
- The Pontifical Council for the Family
- Association of the Catholic bishops' conferences in Europe (CCEE): Communiqué de presse suite à la rencontre des porte-parole et des attachés de presse des conférences épiscopales d'Europe