Family life will be the focus of an extraordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops that will meet at the Vatican between 5-19 October 2014.
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Marriage > Family Life > 1980 Family Synod > World Meeting of Families > Marriage Week > Family Ministry >In this section you can read the synod’s preparatory document – or Lineamenta – and link out to a questionnaire to participate actively in preparation for the 2014 Synod. You can also look back on the last Synod of Bishops meeting on the family held in 1980 that resulted in the document Familiaris Consortio.
The Lineamenta - or preparatory document - for the 2014 extraordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops on the family gives more information on the Vatican meeting that will examine the "Pastoral Challenges to the Family in the Context Of Evangelization".
