Life is always a good. Initiating Processes for a Pastoral Care of Human Life
On 25 March 2025, marks the 30th Anniversary of the Encyclical Letter Evangelium vitae. On this occasion, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is publishing a Pastoral Framework, titled Life is Always a Good. Initiating Processes for a Pastoral Care of Human Life, on how to initiate ecclesial processes to promote a Pastoral Care of Human Life, with the aim of defending, safeguarding, and promoting it in different geographical areas and cultural contexts, in a time marked by extremely serious violations of human dignity.
"The Pastoral Framework is the result of an ongoing dialogue with the bishops. His Excellency Monsignor Dario Gervasi, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, says: “The primary recipients of this Pastoral Framework are the bishops who, during their frequent ad limina visits to the Holy See, have always emphasized the urgency of a renewed commitment to safeguard and promote the life and dignity of every human being.” In a webinar organized by the Dicastery in 2024 with the heads of the Family and Life Commissions of the Conferences of Bishops across the world, a shared process to develop a Pastoral Care of Human Life was initiated, in light of the recent guidance provided by the document Dignitas infinita.
To support this process, the Pastoral Framework offers a proposal that also suggests how to apply the synodal method of discernment in the Spirit concerning the many issues related to human life, as well as the ways to defend, safeguard, and promote it across different geographical areas and cultural contexts."
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