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Marriage is Threatened<\/p>\n
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The Family is Indispensable<\/p>\n
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Marriage is Indispensable<\/p>\n
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The Family Must Come First<\/p>\n
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The Family is in Crisis<\/p>\n
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The Family is Under Attack<\/p>\n
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Family \u201cis the place in which <\/strong>life<\/b> \u2014 the gift of God \u2014 can be properly <\/strong>welcomed <\/b>and protected against the many attacks to which it is exposed, and can develop in accordance with what constitutes authentic human growth\u201d. (Pope St. John Paul II, 39)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Here we mean the family <\/span>founded on marriage, in which the <\/strong><\/span>mutual gift<\/b> of<\/strong> self<\/strong> by husband and wife<\/strong> creates an environment in which <\/span>children can be born and <\/span>develop their potentialities, become <\/span>aware of their dignity and prepare to <\/span>face their unique and individual <\/span>destiny.\u201d\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 39)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe remain firmly convinced that the <\/strong>family <\/b>is a <\/strong>gift of God<\/b>, the place where he reveals the power of his saving grace.\u201d\u00a0(Synod Report to Pope Francis, 5)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” open_icon_color=”#FFFFFF” module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cThe family is a kind of school<\/strong> of <\/strong>deeper humanity<\/b>.\u201d (Gaudium et Spes, 52)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe family\u2026is the <\/strong><\/span>natural society <\/b>in which husband and wife are called to <\/span>give themselves in love and in the <\/span>gift of life.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(CCC, 2207)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/marriage-husband-wife-mass-eucharist-priest-ceremony-wedding.jpg” alt=”A Catholic wedding where new spouses prepare to receive the Eucharist. Marriage between a man and woman is fundamental.” title_text=”A Catholic wedding where new spouses prepare to receive the Eucharist” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||2px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cMarriage\u2026transcends<\/b> the<\/strong> feelings<\/b> and momentary needs of the couple\u2026it is not born \u2018of loving sentiment, ephemeral by definition, but from the depth of the obligation assumed by the spouses who accept to enter a total communion of life\u2019.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The \u201cfamily is <\/span>based<\/b> upon a marriage which is one and<\/strong> <\/span>indissoluble<\/b> and, with respect to Christians, raised to the dignity of <\/span>a sacrament.\u201d (Pope St. John XXIII, 193)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[T]he unity of marriage will radiate from the <\/span>equal<\/b> personal<\/strong> dignity<\/strong> of wife and husband<\/strong>, a dignity <\/span>acknowledged by mutual and <\/span>total love.\u201d (Gaudium et Spes, 49)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[M]arriage is not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful and fruitful. This love makes you one flesh and enables you, in the image of God, to bestow the gift of life.\u201d (Pope Leo XIV)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” open_icon_color=”#FFFFFF” module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cThe communion of life and love which is marriage thus emerges as an<\/strong> authentic good<\/b> for<\/strong> society.\u201d <\/b>(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Marriage \u201cis a marvelous gift, which contains the power of God\u2019s own love: strong, enduring, faithful, ready to start over after every failure or moment of weakness.\u201d (Pope Francis, 1)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe reception and transmission of divine love<\/b> are realized<\/b> in the mutual commitment<\/b> of the spouses\u201d.\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMarriage based on exclusive and definitive love becomes the<\/strong> icon<\/b> of the relationship between\u00a0God and his people<\/strong> and vice versa.\u201d<\/span> <\/span>(Pope Benedict XVI, 11)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Marriage \u201cconfers greater<\/b> splendor<\/b> and<\/strong> depth<\/strong> on the conjugal bond and more powerfully binds the spouses who\u2026promise each other faithfulness until death in love that is open to life.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPromising love for ever is possible when we perceive a plan bigger than our own ideas and undertakings, a plan which sustains us and enables us to surrender our future entirely to the one we love.\u201d (Pope Francis, 52)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” module_id=”answer” da_popup_slug=”answer” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”30px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” width=”81%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n\u201cMarriage\u201d is an Unconditional Gift of Self<\/span><\/h2>\n
The Family Is The Answer to Society’s Crisis<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201c[M]arriage and the family are rooted in the <\/strong>inmost nucleus of the truth <\/strong>about man and his destiny.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
\u201c[H]uman society<\/b> at large springs<\/strong> from