“The family is the foundation of co-existence and a remedy against social fragmentation.
Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the child’s development and emotional maturity.”

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“The union of man and woman in marriage [is] a unique, natural, fundamental and beautiful good for persons, communities, and whole societies.”

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“Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself.
The future of humanity, as Saint John Paul II often said, passes through the family.
The future passes through the family.
So protect your families! Protect your families!
See in them your country’s greatest treasure and nourish them always by prayer and the grace of the sacraments.”

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“The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life.”

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“Mistrust and skepticism has led our culture to disregard the marriage covenant between a man and a woman, that covenant which deepens communion and safeguards the dignity of their uniqueness.
When the stable and fruitful covenant between a man and a woman is devalued by society, it is a loss for everyone, especially the young.”