Elementi, etape i perspektive pastorala braka i obitelji prema apostolskoj pobudnici Amoris laetitia

This paper is dedicated to the theological-pastoral elaboration of the question of approaching the elements, stages and perspectives of the marriage and family pastoral care in the post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis Amoris Laetitia, with special attention being paid to the subject of marital and family spirituality. The marriage and family pastoral care is one of the most difficult areas of church activity today. In the exhortation, Pope Francis looks at it from a broader perspective by framing it into a contemporary social and pastoral context. In this regard, the Pope also elaborates certain, we could say, priority tasks which the Church today has been called to realize more strongly in this area of its activities. Regarding the elements, stages and perspectives of the marriage and family pastoral care, and the family spirituality, we examine these tasks and priorities in the paper by following the order and the dynamics of developing the themes present in the exhortation itself, while keeping in mind some of the challenges from the pastoral situation in Croatia.