The mediation of the couples operating at the side of husbands and wives in crisis, thus becomes "the concrete opportunity for the couple to rely on a positive point of reference, when they are in despair", "the grip not to get completely lost and gradually get back on their feet". "Your service concluded the Pope addressing the members of Retrouvaille goes against the trend. Today, actually, whenever a couple is hit by crisis, husbands and wives find many people ready to suggest them separation. The couples married in the name of the Lord are also often proposed divorce, too easily, forgetting that man cannot separate what God has united". Today, the Retrouvaille movement is present in many countries around the world. Until now, about one hundred thousand couples and 350 priests lived the experience of Retrouvaille. In Italy, the movement arrived in 2002, owing to the action of the Office for the Family Pastoral of CEI and Msgr. Giuseppe Anfossi. Since 2002, 22 Retrouvaille programmes have been started in Italy, and about 350 couples and 15 priests took part in them. At least 70% of the couples taking part in the programme got real advantages from it, giving up the position of separation in which they lived or were going to live.
