Filipinos join Pope Leo’s Vatican meeting on family life

Filipino bishops, cardinals, a priest, and a married couple are participating in an eight-day global meeting on family life at the Vatican from October 7 to 14. Pope Leo XIV organized the gathering to mark the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, the 2016 apostolic exhortation on family love.

Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, represents the country's bishops at the event. Cardinal Pablo Virgilio of Kalookan will deliver a principal presentation on October 12 regarding how to accompany families facing difficulties. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Vatican's pro-prefect for the Dicastery for Evangelization, is attending as an invitee.

The Philippine delegation also includes Father Enrico Ayo from the Archdiocese of Manila and missionaries Eren Lyle and Charmaine Bernadette Villegas, a married couple from the Vatican office of Couples for Christ.