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Families that help families. Antidote to loneliness, beyond the pandemic

 

Vincenzo Bassi, President of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE).

 

 

The pandemic has laid bare the profound loneliness that characterises today's society. In this complex scenario the only possible strategy seems to be solidarity. But how can families fight this enormous relational poverty?

 

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Opening of credit to families

 

Father Andrea Ciucci, Director of International Relations of the Family International Monitor.

 

 

Families are the genome of society. The time has come to recognise their essential role as builders of the present and the future.

 

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| NEWS FROM THE WORLD

COMECE-FAFCE reflection on the role of the elderly in times of demographic change

In these hard months, the elderly has regained a fundumental role. A new COMECE-FAFCE reflection focuses on their crucial importance. " Elderly people are a gift and a resource, [...]

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Caritas Philippines calls on everyone to work together on the root causes of climate change

The director of Caritas Philippines (NASSA) says a global response is needed to tackle the root causes of climate change and prevent increasingly powerful typhoons which batter the country every year. Speaking one month after four deadly typhoons lashed the Philippines and as the anniversary of the Paris climate agreem

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The Toljanić family, from Croatia, chosen for the European Large Family of the Year 2020 Award

During the General Assembly of ELFAC last November, the Croatian Toljanić family was announced as the chosen between finalist families from Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Latvia. This was the presentation of the candidature proposed by Obitelji 3plus, the Croatian Large Families Association: On the island of Krk in Croat

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Under-16s unlikely to make informed choice on puberty blockers, British court rules.

Britain's High Court has ruled that children under 16 considering gender reassignment are unlikely to understand the risks of the drugs they are taking. It says the experimental nature of the medicines that delay puberty mean the courts should decide over the administration of them - even for adults.

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The Heavy Toll of the Black Belt's Wastewater Crisis

Many rural households in America don't have access to safe sewage systems. In Alabama, entrenched poverty and unusual geology have created a public-health disaster. When Pamela Rush was a young woman, in the late nineties, she moved into a trailer on an orange-dirt road in Collirene, Alabama.

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