MEETINGS OF EPISCOPAL COMMISSIONS FOR FAMILIES AND LIFE

VATICAN CITY, SEP 29, 1999 (VIS) - Made public today was a communique regarding the meeting of the presidents of the Episcopal Commissions of Europe for Families and Life, promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Family and held from September 27 to 29.

During the course of the meeting, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, made a presentation on the subject: "Family policy and principal challenges." Bishop Francisco Gil Hellin, Secretary of the council, reported on the dicastery's activities that are aimed at promoting life and the family. Finally, Cardinal Tettamanzi, archbishop of Genoa, Italy, presented his anthropological and ethical views on "de facto" unions.

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