Inspired by his great care for the family, St. John Paul II, following up the Synod of Bishops of 1980 on the family and the post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris consortio, of 1981, with the Apostolic Constitution Magnum Matrimonii sacramentum, conferred stable legal form to the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, working at the Pontifical Lateran University.
Archbishop emeritus of Bologna and founding president of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra passed away on September 6, 2017.
"All You Who Labor: The Vocation to Work" introduces the 2017 annual theme of work.
Issue 4 in 2016's exploration of theme of Ecology is entitled Human Ecology: Body and Home.
Margaret Harper McCarthy, Assistant Professor of Theological Anthropology has recently published a new edited collection: Torn Asunder: Children, the Myth of the Good Divorce, and the Recovery of Origins.
The faculty, staff and students of the Central Session of the John Paul II Institute, accompanied by administrators of the other sessions of the Institute around the world, were received by Pope Francis at a private audience on October 27.
Mystery and Sacrament of Love: A Theology of Marriage and the Family for the New Evangelization, by Marc Cardinal Ouellet,
Msgr. Livio Melina, the President of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, has released a brief reflection on Pope Francis' post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia:
The Catholic News Agency's interview with Fr. Antonio Lopez and Dr. Nicholas Healy about the newly released apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, appears on their site.
D.C. Schindler, Associate Professor of Metaphysics and Anthropology, and Jeanne Heffernan Schindler, Fellow of the Institute's Office for Cultural and Pastoral Outreach, have recently published a new edited collection