The Diocese of Cagliari is, together with that of Tempio-Ampurias, the first in Sardinia to equip itself with a service to accompany family situations defined as irregular . It is called Amoris Laetitia, in honor of the second apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, and it is a support activity where the Church of Cagliari intends to support those couples and people who - for a long time - have been erroneously excluded from sacramental life, having behind them previous marriages . Already active since the beginning of June, at the end of about a year of preparatory work and with a dedicated team involving priests, a religious and three-four couples who make their skills available, it was presented this morning in the Benedict XVI room of the Seminary Archbishop of Cagliari.

The message. "No one should feel excluded from the embrace of the Church or from the path of holiness", affirms the archbishop and general secretary of the CEI Monsignor Giuseppe Baturi . "With this service we want to offer everyone a listening, an accompaniment and also a discernment, for a full participation in the life of the Church". At the moment, those who have a past marriage or who are involved in a stable relationship with a previously married person do not find a suitable path in the Church , but there is a willingness to change the situation.

"Pope Francis has led the Church to reflect on the situation of the family in order to take charge of irregular situations: our service responds perfectly to this need", points out the director of diocesan family pastoral care Don Emanuele Meconcelli . "The ultimate recipients are couples, individuals who are going through a moment of suffering, but without replacing us with the work of parish priests who are the first to have contact with people who experience this situation of pain", adds Don Paolo Sanna , coordinator and service referent.