APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
FAMILIARIS CONSORTIO
OF POPE
JOHN PAUL II
TO THE EPISCOPATE
TO THE CLERGY AND TO THE FAITHFUL
OF THE WHOLE CATHOLIC CHURCH
ON THE ROLE
OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY
IN THE MODERN WORLD
INTRODUCTION
- Familiaris Consortio #1:The Church at the Service of the Family
- Familiaris Consortio #2:The Synod of 1980 in Continuity with Preceding Synods
- Familiaris Consortio #3:The Precious Value of Marriage and of the Family
PART ONE
BRIGHT SPOTS AND SHADOWS FOR THE FAMILY TODAY
- Familiaris Consortio #4:The Need To Understand the Situation
- Familiaris Consortio #5:Evangelical Discernment
- Familiaris Consortio #6:The Situation of the Family in the World Today
- Familiaris Consortio #7:The Influence of Circumstances on the Consciences of the Faithful
- Familiaris Consortio #8:Our Age Needs Wisdom
- Familiaris Consortio #9:Gradualness and Conversion
- Familiaris Consortio #10:Inculturation
PART TWO
THE PLAN OF GOD FOR MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
- Familiaris Consortio #11:Man, the Image of the God Who Is Love
- Familiaris Consortio #12:Marriage and Communion Between God and People
- Familiaris Consortio #13:Jesus Christ, Bridegroom of the Church, and the Sacrament of Matrimony
- Familiaris Consortio #14:Children, the Precious Gift of Marriage
- Familiaris Consortio #15:The Family, a Communion of PersonsFamiliaris Consortio #16:Marriage and Virginity or Celibacy
PART THREE
THE ROLE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY
- Familiaris Consortio #18:Love as the Principle and Power of Communion
- Familiaris Consortio #19:The Indivisible Unity of Conjugal Communion
- Familiaris Consortio #20:An Indissoluble Communion
- Familiaris Consortio #21: The Broader Communion of the Family
- Familiaris Consortio #22:The Rights and Role of Women
- Familiaris Consortio #23: Women and Society
- Familiaris Consortio #24: Offenses Against Women's Dignity
- Familiaris Consortio #25:Men as Husbands and Fathers
- Familiaris Consortio #26: The Rights of Children
- Familiaris Consortio #27:The Elderly in the Family
1. The Transmission of Life
- Familiaris Consortio #28:Cooperators in the Love of God the Creator
- Familiaris Consortio #29: The Church's Teaching and Norm, Always Old Yet Always New
- Familiaris Consortio #30:The Church Stands for Life
- Familiaris Consortio #31:Man, the Image of the God Who Is Love
- Familiaris Consortio #32: In an Integral Vision of the Human Person and of His or Her Vocation
- Familiaris Consortio #33:The Church as Teacher and Mother for Couples in Difficulty
- Familiaris Consortio #34-35:The Moral Progress of Married People
- Familiaris Consortio #36:The Right and Duty of Parents Regarding Education
- Familiaris Consortio #37:Educating in the Essential Values of Human Life
- Familiaris Consortio #38:The Mission To Educate and the Sacrament of Marriage
- Familiaris Consortio #39:First Experience of the Church
- Familiaris Consortio #42:The Family as the First and Vital Cell of Society
- Familiaris Consortio #43:Family Life as an Experience of Communion and Sharing
- Familiaris Consortio #44:The Social and Political Role
- Familiaris Consortio #45:Society at the Service of the Family
- Familiaris Consortio #46:The Charter of Family Rights
- Familiaris Consortio #47:The Christian Family's Grace and Responsibility
- Familiaris Consortio #48:For a New International Order
1. The Christian Family as a Believing and Evangelizing Community
- Familiaris Consortio #50:A Specific and Original Ecclesial Role
- Familiaris Consortio #51:Faith as the Discovery and Admiring Awareness of God's Plan for the Family
- Familiaris Consortio #52:The Christian Family's Ministry of Evangelization
- Familiaris Consortio #53:Ecclesial Service
- Familiaris Consortio #54:To Preach the Gospel to the Whole Creation
2. The Christian Family as a Community in Dialogue with God
- Familiaris Consortio #55:The Church's Sanctuary in the Home
- Familiaris Consortio #56:Marriage as a Sacrament of Mutual Sanctification and an Act of Worship
- Familiaris Consortio #57:Marriage and Virginity or Celibacy
- Familiaris Consortio #58:The Sacrament of Conversion and Reconciliation
- Familiaris Consortio #59: Family Prayer
- Familiaris Consortio #60:Educators in Prayer
- Familiaris Consortio #61:Liturgical Prayer and Private Prayer
- Familiaris Consortio #62:Marriage and Communion Between God and People
- Familiaris Consortio #63:The New Commandment of Love
- Familiaris Consortio #64:To Discover the Image of God in Each Brother and Sister
- Familiaris Consortio #65:The Church Accompanies the Christian Family on Its Journey Through Life
- Familiaris Consortio #66:Preparation for Marriage
- Familiaris Consortio #67:The Celebration
- Familiaris Consortio #68:Celebration of Marriage and Evangelization of Non-believing Baptized Persons
- Familiaris Consortio #69:Pastoral Care After Marriage
II - STRUCTURES OF FAMILY PASTORAL CARE
Pastoral activity is always the dynamic expression of the reality of the Church, committed to her mission of salvation. Family pastoral care too-which is a particular and specific form of pastoral activity- has as its operative principle and responsible agent the Church herself, through her structures and workers.
- Familiaris Consortio #70:The Ecclesial Community and in Particular the Parish
- Familiaris Consortio #71:The Family
- Familiaris Consortio #72:Associations of Families for Families
III - AGENTS OF THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE FAMILY
As well as the family, which is the object but above all the subject of pastoral care of the family, one must also mention the other main agents in this particular sector.
- Familiaris Consortio #73:Bishops and Priests
- Familiaris Consortio #74:Men and Women Religious
- Familiaris Consortio #75:Lay Specialists
- Familiaris Consortio #76:Recipients and Agents of Social Communications
- Familiaris Consortio #77:Marriage and Communion Between God and People
- Familiaris Consortio #78:Mixed Marriages
- Familiaris Consortio #79Pastoral Action in Certain Irregular Situations
- Familiaris Consortio #80:a) Trial Marriages
- Familiaris Consortio #81:b) De Facto Free Unions
- Familiaris Consortio #82: c) Catholics in Civil Marriages
- Familiaris Consortio #83: d) Separated or Divorced Persons Who Have Not Remarried
- Familiaris Consortio #84:e) Divorced Persons Who Have Remarried
- Familiaris Consortio #85:Those Without a Family
CONCLUSION