John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute

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Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during an audience with the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV to John Paul II Institute: Your mission is to speak and live the truth

Oct 24, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

“Your specific mission concerns the search for and common witness to the truth,” Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 24 at... Read more

Pope Francis meets with the academic community of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

Pope Francis urges marriage and family institute: Use the Gospel to spread salvation

Nov 25, 2024

By Kristina Millare

The pope said it is necessary that the institute continues to develop a “critical understanding” of the anthropological and cultural... Read more

Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, where the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences is located

Professor: With new president, JPII Institute should be renamed ‘Amoris Laetitia Institute’

Mar 16, 2021

A French professor has suggested that under its new president, the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and... Read more

Pontifical Lateran University, at which the Pontifical John Paul II Institute is located.

In Facebook post, JPII Institute defends Biden’s abortion record

Jan 28, 2021

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences generated a flurry of controversy in the Italian... Read more