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La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - " The Family and the Future of Humanity” is the theme of a Family Congress to be held from Wednesday 12 September to Saturday 15 September in La Plata Argentina, organised by the Archdiocese of La Plata. The Congress is said to be of municipal and provincial interest. According to the organisers the Congress concerns "the good of the family: the foundation of the future of humanity and a patrimony which enriches everyone". However for some time in the world certain actions and laws have been attacking the value of human life and the family. Therefore the aim of similar Congresses is to oppose these attacks and establish clear principles and criteria on the value of marriage and the family.
The Congress will be opened by Archbishop Héctor Aguer of the diocese of La Plata. The three day programme will include conferences, panel discussion and various initiatives. On Saturday 15 September in Piazza Moreno, there will be a Family Festival. At 7pm in the Cathedral the closing Mass will be presided by the Papal Nuncio to Argentina, Archbishop Adriano Bernardini. The titles of the Conferences are the following: "Family Pedagogy " (12 September), "The Family Shrine of Life " (13 September), "The Challenges of artificial culture, sexual education: school or family "? (14 September). (RG) (Agenzia Fides 11/9/2007; righe 16, parole 234)
