In 1994 on the occasion of the
International Year of the Family, the Holy Father invited
families to Rome to establish a meeting
for a reflection on the family and life, on the
institution of marriage, especially with the decline of
family and marital values in society today. This event
was sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family,
an institution organized by Pope John Paul II with the
Motu Proprio "Familia a Deo Instituta" in 1981,
a complement of the Committee for the Family that Pope
Paul VI established in 1973. The council’s mission
is to promote all aspects of family life. On December 29,
1996, the Feast of the Holy Family, Pope John Paul II in
his Sunday Angelus Address announced the invitation to
families to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to renew the sanctity
of marriage and family life.
to Rome to establish a meeting
for a reflection on the family and life, on the
institution of marriage, especially with the decline of
family and marital values in society today. This event
was sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family,
an institution organized by Pope John Paul II with the
Motu Proprio "Familia a Deo Instituta" in 1981,
a complement of the Committee for the Family that Pope
Paul VI established in 1973. The council’s mission
is to promote all aspects of family life. On December 29,
1996, the Feast of the Holy Family, Pope John Paul II in
his Sunday Angelus Address announced the invitation to
families to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to renew the sanctity
of marriage and family life. 