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The Family as a Relational Good: The Challenge of Love

Proceedings of the 2022 Plenary Session
The Family as a Relational Good: the Challenge of Love
27-29 April 2022
Pierpaolo Donati (editor)
Acta 23, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City, 2023
ISBN 978-88-266-0800-6

Contents

Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to Participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Address of President Stefano Zamagni to the Holy Father Pope Francis

Word of Welcome

Stefano Zamagni | PASS President

Word of Welcome

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | PASS Chancellor

Session I: Family Structures and Dynamics in Contemporary Society

Discorso di apertura/Opening Speech

Cardinal Pietro Parolin

The Demographic Dynamics of Family Structures: A World View

Gérard-François Dumont | PASS Academician

Discussion

The Gift of Life: The New Challenges of the Transition to Parenthood

Raffaella Iafrate

Discussion

Where is the Family Going? An American Perspective

Robert D. Putnam

Discussion

Session II: The Societal Role of the Family

The Family in the History of Philosophy

Vittorio Hösle | PASS Academician

Discussion

The Family, the Common Good and Citizenship. The Case of India

Niraja Gopal Jayal | PASS Academician

Discussion

The Family: Love and Work in the Great Migrations of the 21st Century

Carola Suárez-Orozco & Marcelo Suárez-Orozco | PASS Academician

Discussion

Family and Culture in Africa: Disjuncture and Continuity in South Africa

Paulus M. Zulu | PASS Academician

Discussion

Family, Education, and the Care Economy

Jeffrey D. Sachs | PASS Academician

Discussion

Session III: Emerging Issues

Preserving and Supporting the Vocation of Women in Families

Elizabeth Rose Schiltz

Discussion

Coping With Stress in Times of Crisis: An Opportunity for Strengthening Family Bonds

Mariana Karin Falconier

Discussion

Facing Family Morphogenesis: When Families Become Relational Goods

Pierpaolo Donati | PASS Academician

Discussion

United, but Not Uniform. Experimental Evidence About Risk Taking in the Family

Christoph Engel | PASS Academician

Discussion

General Discussion

Session IV: The Meaning of the Family: Theological and Philosophical Perspective

Education for Love in the Family and Beyond

Rocco Buttiglione | PASS Academician

Discussion

The Family in God’s Project

Archbishop Roland Minnerath | PASS Academician

Discussion

The Family as a Source of Meaning and Responsibility: A Psychological Perspective

Alexander Batthyány

Discussion

On the Manifold Dimensions of Human Love

Ana Marta González | PASS Academician

Discussion

General Discussion

Session V: The Family as a Good Per Se and for All Nations

Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Relationships: The Family in Comparative Constitutional Law

Paolo Carozza | PASS Academician

Discussion

From the Nuclear Family to the Family of Nations: Exploring the Analogy

Gregory Reichberg | PASS Academician

Discussion

Address

Mario Draghi | PASS Academician

Discussion

Session VI: Family Legislation

Family and Policy-Making in Post-Modern Society

Stefano Zamagni | PASS Academician

Discussion

When Is Legislation Ever Family Friendly? The UK Experience

John F. McEldowney | PASS Academician

Discussion

Family Associations and their Societal Role

Vincenzo Bassi

Discussion

General Discussion

The Grace of Christ in the Cell of The Social Order

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | PASS Chancellor

Final Statement

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