Archbishop Paglia participated in the work of the autumn session of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon. He left on Thursday afternoon and participated in the last two days, until the close of the meeting. This session’s general theme was "The Family in Lebanon. Situations and Prospects." The Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, invited the President of the Pontifical Council for the Family to report on the Dicastery’s activities and he thanked him for the publication of the book "Enchiridion on the Family and Life" distributed to all participants at the recent Synod on "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization." In Lebanon, Msgr. Paglia was welcomed to the Patriarchal See of Bkerké and met the Episcopal Commission for the Family and Life together with the heads of the marriage preparation centers and those of counseling and support centers from the different dioceses of the country.