Mons. Giuliodori calls for education to address fertility

Monsignor Giuliodori called for increased education to address infertility and the demographic crisis during the International Congress, "The Splendor of the Human: Guarding Fertility, Caring for Infertility." The event is scheduled to take place from October 16 to 18 at the Auditorium of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.

Giuliodori stated that infertility should not be addressed solely through medical procedures or laboratories. He suggested that education can help prevent biological obstacles to having children and noted that misinformation often leads people to seek scientific help too late. He described the protection of fertility as a shared responsibility for families, schools, communities, and institutions.

The congress marks the 50th anniversary of the Centro per la Regolazione Naturale della Fertilità and the 25th anniversary of the Istituto scientifico internazionale Paolo VI (Isi). Maria Luisa Di Pietro, director of the Centro Ricerca e Studi sulla Salute Procreativa (CeRiSSaP) of the Università Cattolica, told Agenzia SIR that more work is needed regarding information on the causes of infertility.