{"id":38582,"date":"2020-09-24T17:41:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T17:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappusa.wpengine.com\/?page_id=38582"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:27:57","slug":"the-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_fullwidth  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/the-family\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 classic_socialism  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #054368;\">The Family<\/span><\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2 M-1_grid  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item1 fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Marriage is Threatened<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item2 fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Family is Indispensable<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item3  fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Marriage is Indispensable<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item4  fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Family Must Come First<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item5 grid-item_gap-fill  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6 M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item5  fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Family is in Crisis<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7 M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item6  fade-text et_animated et_hover_enabled  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Family is Under Attack<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 mosaic_width et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe <b>future of humanity<\/b> passes by way of the family<b>.<\/b>\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 86<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>It is \u201c<strong>the <\/strong><b>fundamental cell of society<\/b>\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 66<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span> Find What You're Looking For <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/the-family\/#linked\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Family and Marriage are Linked<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/the-family\/#answer\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Answer to Our Crisis<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/the-family\/#assault\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Family is Under Assault<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_12 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/the-family\/#nofuture\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>A Future Without Families?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/the-family\/#whatcanido\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What Can I Do?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"linked\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_7 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_13  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Family and Marriage Are Intimately Linked<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_8 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_14  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[M]arriage and the <b>family constitute<\/b> one of the most <b>precious<\/b> of human values\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 1<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_15  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family is <\/span><b>based<\/b><strong> upon a marriage<\/strong>\u201d<strong><\/strong><\/span>.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John XXIII, 193 <\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_9 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_16  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The True Definition of the \u201cFamily\u201d and \u201cMarriage\u201d<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_7 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_10 et_animated et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_17  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a \u201c<b>communion of persons<\/b>, <strong>a sign<\/strong> and <b>image<\/b> of the communion of the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7S.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2205<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_18  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Marriage<span>\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an \u201c<strong>intimate partnership of...life and love...established by the Creator<\/strong> and qualified by His laws, and is rooted in the conjugal covenant of irrevocable personal consent.<strong><\/strong><\/span><span>\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaudium et Spes, 48<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_8 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/family-marriage-children-husband-wife-portrait-fun-landscape-son-daughter.jpg\" alt=\"The beauty of families is a gift from God\" title=\"A family poses for a photo\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_19  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The \u201cFamily\u201d is a Beautiful Gift of God<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_20  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Family \u201cis <strong>the place in which <\/strong><b>life<\/b> \u2014 the gift of God \u2014 <strong>can be properly <\/strong><b>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. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 39)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we mean the family <\/span>founded on marriage<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which <strong>the <\/strong><\/span><b>mutual gift<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> of<\/strong> <strong>self<\/strong> <strong>by husband and wife<\/strong> creates an environment in which <\/span>children <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be born and <\/span>develop<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their potentialities, become <\/span>aware of their dignity<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and prepare to <\/span>face<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their unique and individual <\/span>destiny<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope St. John Paul II, 39)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\u201cWe remain firmly convinced that <strong>the <\/strong><b>family <\/b><strong>is a <\/strong><b>gift of God<\/b>, the place where he reveals the power of his saving grace.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/synod\/documents\/rc_synod_doc_20151026_relazione-finale-xiv-assemblea_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Synod Report to Pope Francis, 5)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_0 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\u201cThe family is a kind of <strong>school<\/strong> <strong>of <\/strong><b>deeper humanity<\/b>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 52)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family\u2026<strong>is the <\/strong><\/span><b>natural society <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in which husband and wife are called to <\/span>give<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> themselves in love and in the <\/span>gift of life<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7T.HTM\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CCC, 2207)<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" 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=\"A Catholic wedding where new spouses prepare to receive the Eucharist\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_21  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cMarriage\u201d is an Unconditional Gift of Self<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_22  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMarriage\u2026<b>transcends<\/b> <strong>the<\/strong> <b>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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#66\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cfamily is <\/span><b>based<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> upon a marriage which is one and<\/strong> <\/span><b>indissoluble<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, with respect to Christians, raised to the dignity of <\/span>a sacrament<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <span><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope St. John XXIII, 193)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201c[<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T]he unity of marriage will radiate from the <\/span><b>equal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> personal<\/strong> <strong>dignity<\/strong> <strong>of wife and husband<\/strong>, a dignity <\/span>acknowledged<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by mutual and <\/span>total <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">love.\u201d <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Gaudium et Spes, 49)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\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 <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/homilies\/2025\/documents\/20250601-omelia-giubileo-famiglie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Leo XIV)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_1 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\u201cThe communion of life and love which is marriage thus emerges as <strong>an<\/strong> <b>authentic good<\/b> <strong>for<\/strong> <b>society.\u201d <\/b><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060511_istituto-gp-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">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 <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2022\/june\/documents\/20220622-incontromondiale-famiglie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Francis, 1)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThe reception and transmission of <b>divine love<\/b> are <b>realized<\/b> in the mutual <b>commitment<\/b> of the spouses\u201d.\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2011\/december\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20111201_pc-family.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cMarriage based on exclusive and definitive love <strong>becomes the<\/strong> <b>icon<\/b> <strong>of the relationship between\u00a0God and his people<\/strong> and vice versa.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 11)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marriage \u201cconfers <b>greater<\/b> <b>splendor<\/b> <strong>and<\/strong> <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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060513_pc-family.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\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 <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130629_enciclica-lumen-fidei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Francis, 52)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"answer\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_9 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_12 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_23  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Family Is The Answer to Society's Crisis<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_24  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c[M]arriage and the family are <strong>rooted in the <\/strong><strong>inmost nucleus of the truth <\/strong>about man and his destiny.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><em><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060511_istituto-gp-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[H]uman <b>society<\/b> at large <strong>springs<\/strong> from <b>marriage<\/b>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/arcanum-divinae\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Leo XIII, 17<\/a><em style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_2 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[T]he family is <\/span><b>based on marriage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that intimate union of life in complementarity between a man and a woman which is constituted in the freely contracted and publicly expressed indissoluble bond of matrimony and is open to the transmission of life\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Preamble, B., Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>[T]he State must acknowledge, respect and support this<\/strong> <b>venerable institution<\/b> as the stable union between a man and a woman who willingly embrace a life-long commitment of love and fidelity\".<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2007\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070913_ambassador-slovakia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_10 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_13 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_16  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_25  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">Why is the Family the Answer?<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_11 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_14 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_17 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_26 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Family's Purpose in Society is Irreplaceable<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family <strong>constitutes\u2026a <\/strong><\/span><b>community of love<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and solidarity, which is <\/span>uniquely suited to teach and transmit cultural, ethical, social, spiritual and religious values, essential for the development and well-being of its own members and of society<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Preamble, E., Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family is \u201cwhere we <\/span>learn to live with others<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> despite our differences and to <\/span><b>belong to one another<\/b>\u201d. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAccording to Rerum novarum and <\/span>the whole social doctrine of the Church, the social nature of man\u2026is realized in various intermediary groups, beginning with the family\u201d<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centisumus-annus\/#13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 13)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cAs Pope Francis forcefully reminds us, the mission of the family always extends outside itself in service to our brothers and sisters.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/synod\/documents\/rc_synod_doc_20151026_relazione-finale-xiv-assemblea_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Synod Report to Pope Francis, 56)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_3 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c[T]he fundamental task of the family <strong>is to serve life<\/strong>\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 28)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_18 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/christin-hume-AI6U6qiXquw-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Families are the pillars of society; a community of love from which sprouts a good future.\" title=\"A family crossing the street\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_15 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_19 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/christin-hume-AI6U6qiXquw-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Families are the pillars of society; a community of love from which sprouts a good future.\" title=\"A family crossing the street\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_20 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_27 bullets-module  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Family's Purpose in Society is Irreplaceable<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family <strong>constitutes\u2026a <\/strong><\/span><b>community of love<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and solidarity, which is <\/span>uniquely suited to teach and transmit cultural, ethical, social, spiritual and religious values, essential for the development and well-being of its own members and of society<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Preamble, E., Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family is \u201cwhere we <\/span>learn<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span>live with others<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> despite our differences and to <\/span><b>belong to one another<\/b>\u201d. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #054368;\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 66)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAccording to Rerum novarum and <\/span>the whole social doctrine of the Church, the social nature of man\u2026is realized in various intermediary groups, beginning with the family\u201d<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centisumus-annus\/#13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 13)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cAs Pope Francis forcefully reminds us, the mission of the family always extends outside itself in service to our brothers and sisters.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/synod\/documents\/rc_synod_doc_20151026_relazione-finale-xiv-assemblea_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Synod Report to Pope Francis, 56)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_4 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c[T]he fundamental task of the family <strong>is to serve life<\/strong>\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 28)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_12 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_16 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_21  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_28  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Family Reflects <em>the<\/em> Most Profound Reality...<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_13 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_17 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_22 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Holy-Trinity-in-Stained-Glass-800x715-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Holy trinity is the model; the love between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\" title=\"The Holy Trinity in Stained Glass\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_23 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_29  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Family is Rooted in the Nature of God<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_30  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The family is the<\/strong> <\/span><b>image of God<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who \u201cin his deepest <\/span>mystery<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not all by himself, but a <\/span>family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, since he has in himself fatherhood, sonship and the <\/span>essence<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span>family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is <\/span>love\u201d<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/homilies\/1979\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_hom_19790128_messico-puebla-seminario.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]he Family begins with the creation of humanity in the image of God who is love and <strong>calls man and woman to love according<\/strong> to his likeness\u201d. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/synod\/documents\/rc_synod_doc_20151026_relazione-finale-xiv-assemblea_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Synod Report to Pope Francis, 35)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]he family has the mission to guard, reveal and communicate love, and this is a living reflection of and a real sharing in God's love for humanity\u201d.<em> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 17)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The family \u201cis called to <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">welcome, <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">radiate<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"> and<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"> show the world the <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">love <\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\">and presence of Christ<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2011\/december\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20111201_pc-family.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]he essence and role of the family are in the final analys<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is specified by love<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <em><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 17, quoting Pope St. Paul VI)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_14 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"assault\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_15 mosaic_width et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_19 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_25  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_31  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">WARNING: The Family is Under Assault!<\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_32  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe <\/span>family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is experiencing <strong>a <\/strong><\/span><b>profound cultural crisis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Pope Francis, 66<\/span><\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"profound-crisis\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_16 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_20 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_26  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/johann-walter-bantz-woE5G6zzFQo-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"If the institution of the family is weakened then society is weakened. \" title=\"A mother holding a baby along a remote road\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_33  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Profound Crisis<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_34  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong>[T]he family<\/strong>, the basic human community, is\u00a0<strong>painfully<\/strong>\u00a0being<strong>\u00a0weakened<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/synod\/documents\/rc_synod_doc_20151026_relazione-finale-xiv-assemblea_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Synod Report to Pope Francis, 10<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_35  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\u201c[T]he situation experienced by many families in various countries is <b>highly problematical<\/b>, if not entirely negative<b>\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 46)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOf the many subjects arousing <\/span><b>universal concern<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> today, it may be helpful to <\/span>concentrate on these: marriage and the family\u201d<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 46)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[D]oubt or error in the field of marriage or the family involves obscuring to a serious extent the integral truth about the human person<b>\u201d<\/b>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"alternate-link\"><span><em>(Pope St. John Paul II, 31)<\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u200b<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_5 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope Francis views the family as so <\/span><b>crucial<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that in his first year as Pope he initiated a global survey on the family and called for a Synod on the Pastoral Care of the Family, whose report is referenced here.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_27  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sara-rampazzo-GyPw0jMAI1I-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Family cannot be refined or changed. It&#039;s an institution given by God to mankind.\" title=\"A rainbow flag symbolizing the LGBT movement\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_36  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Families are Weak<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_37  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Risking... \u201c<span><strong>t<\/strong><b>he future of society as a whole<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_letters\/2002\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 6<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_38  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368; font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Times, serif;\">\u201c<b>[I]ndividualism<\/b>\u2026favors a lifestyle which weakens the development and stability of personal relationships and distorts family bonds.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelii-gaudium\/#67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 67)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #054368; font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Times, serif;\">\u201cThe family in the modern world, as much as and perhaps more than any other institution, has been beset by\u2026many <b>profound<\/b> <strong>and rapid<\/strong> <b>changes<\/b>\u201d. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 1)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<b style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Man<\/b> is not really<b style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> himself...<\/b>except within the framework of society and there the family plays the basic and most important role.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 36)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_28  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jacob-morch-T0_zDzxYvRM-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"The state, at all levels, must prioritize the family in laws and regulations\" title=\"Security tape in front of the white house\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_39  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The State is Part of the Problem<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_40  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[I]nstitutions and <strong>laws unjustly ignore<\/strong> the inviolable rights of the family\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 46<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_41  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>family <\/b>\u201c<strong>exists <\/strong><b>prior<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> to the State<\/strong> or any other community, and possesses inherent <\/span>rights which are inalienable\u201d. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Preamble, D., Charter Of The Rights Of The Family)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[S]ociety, far from putting itself at the service of the family, attacks<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it violently in its values and fundamental requirements. Thus the <\/span>family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which in God\u2019s plan is the basic cell of society and a subject of rights and duties before the State or any other community, finds itself the victim of society\u201d<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 46)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_left et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_1 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/the-family-and-the-state\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Learn more<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"nofuture\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_17 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_21 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_29  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_3 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_42  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">No Families... No Future<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_43  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]he <b>family<\/b>\u2026<strong>is the<\/strong> <b>foundation<\/b> of society.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaudium et Spes, 52<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_18 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_22 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_30  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gus-moretta-BCyfpZE3aVE-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"This couple highlights the foundations of marriage that families are built on.\" title=\"An older couple embraces\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_44  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Family is Foundational<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_45  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family is the <b>original cell<\/b> of social life\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7T.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCC, 2207<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_46  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\u201cThe family\u2026is the \u2018patrimony of humanity\u2019\u2026it is the vital cell and <b>pillar<\/b><strong> of <\/strong><b>society<\/b>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060513_pc-family.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130629_enciclica-lumen-fidei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 46)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family is the <b>first and fundamental<\/b><strong> school<\/strong> of social living\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 37)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he prosperity of the State and the temporal happiness of its citizens cannot remain safe and sound where the foundation on which they are established\u2026the family, is obstructed\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19301231_casti-connubii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Pius XI, 123)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]oday\u2019s world needs the marriage covenant in order\u2026to defeat\u2026the forces that break down relationships and societies.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/homilies\/2025\/documents\/20250601-omelia-giubileo-famiglie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIV)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_31  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_9\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pablo-merchan-montes-wYOPqmtDD0w-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"The family is irreplaceable. This family eating together represents the way forward. \" title=\"A family of three eats dinner together at a restaurant\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_47  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Family\u00a0is Irreplaceable<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_48  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]he family constitute the <strong>foundations<\/strong> <strong>for<\/strong> <b>freedom<\/b>, <b>security<\/b>, and <b>fraternity<\/b> within society.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7T.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCC, 2207<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_49  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhoever wants to <\/span>build<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the civic and social edifice on strong and stable <\/span>foundations<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> must <\/span><b>base\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>it on<\/strong> <strong>a conception of <\/strong><\/span>marriage and the family\u201d<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<span><em>(Pope Pius XII)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\u201c[T]he role of the family in building a culture of life is decisive and irreplaceable.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 92)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe well-being of the individual person and\u2026society is intimately linked with the healthy condition of that community produced by marriage and family.\u201d <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 47)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span>\u201cThe family is\u2026the place of origin and the most effective means for humanizing and personalizing society\u201d. <em><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 43)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_32  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_10\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nathan-anderson-GM5Yn5XRVqA-unsplash-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Two parents smile for photos with their son who has down-syndrome\" title=\"Two parents with their son\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_50  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Family is Indispensable<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_51  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>[T]<span class=\"m_3209594436335484203GramE\">he<\/span><\/strong><span><strong> family<\/strong> <strong>is<\/strong> placed at <strong>the center of the great struggle<\/strong> between good and evil, between life and death, between love and all that is opposed to love<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/letters\/1994\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_let_02021994_families.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 23<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_52  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>\u201c[T]he good of the person, of society and of <strong>the Church herself passes by way of the\u00a0family<\/strong>\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/family\/documents\/rc_pc_family_doc_19831022_family-rights_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Preamble, L., Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span>Family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> relations contribute <\/span>decisively to the sound building of human society\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/synod\/documents\/rc_synod_doc_20151026_relazione-finale-xiv-assemblea_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Synod Report to Pope Francis, 50)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>Absorbed and deepened in the family, faith becomes a light capable of illumining all our relationships in society.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20130629_enciclica-lumen-fidei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 54)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe communion of life and love which is <\/span>marriage<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026emerges as an <\/span><b>authentic good<\/b><strong> for <\/strong><b>society<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060511_istituto-gp-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_19 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_23  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_33  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_53 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><strong><b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be <\/span>wrong to uphold one set of duties while trampling on the other<\/strong>. Herein lies a grave contradiction in our mentality and practice today: one which demeans the person, disrupts the environment and damages society.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Benedict XVI, 51<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_4 et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"whatcanido\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_20 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_24 et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_34  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_54  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">What Can I Do?<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_55  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is necessary to <strong>go back to seeing the family as <\/strong><\/span><strong>sacred<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 \u2018the heart of the <\/span>culture of life\u2019\u201d.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 39)<\/a><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_21 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_25 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_35 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_11\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/larry-crayton-cf1cN3ofKUM-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"A father, mother, and child enjoy a fun beach day; the family is the answer to our societal ills.\" title=\"A family plays by the beach\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_36 ds-vertical-align  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_56  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">By Our Example<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_57  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChristians\u2026should actively<b> promote<\/b><strong> the values<\/strong> <strong>of marriage and the family<\/strong>, both by the examples of their own lives and by cooperation with other men of good will.\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Gaudium et Spes, 52)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is \u201ca <\/span>social<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and even <\/span>economic necessity\u2026to hold up to future generations the beauty of marriage and the family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the fact that these institutions <\/span>correspond<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span>deepest<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> needs and dignity of the <\/span>person<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 44)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is <\/span>urgent<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> therefore to <\/span>promote<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not only family policies, but also those social<\/span> policies<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which have the <\/span>family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as their principle object\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 49)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[O]ne often has to <\/span>swim against the tide<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the prevalent culture, and this demands <\/span>patience<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>effort<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>sacrifice<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span>ceaseless quest<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for mutual understanding.<\/span>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/may\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060513_pc-family.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_6 hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to <\/span><b>overcome<\/b><strong> today's widespread <\/strong><b>individualistic mentality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, what is <\/span>required<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a concrete commitment to solidarity and charity, <\/span>beginning in the family\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 49)<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_22 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_26  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_37  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_58 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is therefore <\/span><b>indispensable and urgent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that every person of good will should endeavor to save and foster the values and requirements of the <\/span><b>family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 86<\/a><\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_27  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_38  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_59 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Learn More<\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_2 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/the-family-and-the-state\/\" data-icon=\"5\">The Family and the State<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_39  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_60 mosaic_width  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Learn More<\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_3 hover-btn-border et_hover_enabled et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/family-and-ecology\/\" data-icon=\"5\">The Family and Ecology<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_23 mosaic_width et_animated et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_28 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_animated  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_40  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_61 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>FAQs<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_7 bullets-module et_animated et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What rights do families have?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio, 46<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to exist and progress as a family, that is to say, the right of every human being, even if he or she is poor, to found a family and to have adequate means to support it;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to exercise its responsibility regarding the transmission of life and to educate children; family life;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to the intimacy of conjugal and family life;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to the stability of the bond and of the institution of marriage;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to believe in and profess one's faith and to propagate it;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to bring up children in accordance with the family's own traditions and religious and cultural values, with the necessary instruments, means and institutions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right, especially of the poor and the sick, to obtain physical, social, political and economic security;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to housing suitable for living family life in a proper way;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to expression and to representation, either directly or through associations, before the economic, social and cultural public authorities and lower authorities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to form associations with other families and institutions, in order to fulfill the family's role suitably and expeditiously;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to protect minors by adequate institutions and legislation from harmful drugs, pornography, alcoholism, etc.;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to wholesome recreation of a kind that also fosters family values;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right of the elderly to a worthy life and a worthy death;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>the right to emigrate as a family in search of a better life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_8 bullets-module et_animated et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What else must the state do in support of the family?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the freedom to establish a family, have children, and bring them up in keeping with the family's own moral and religious convictions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the protection of the stability of the marriage bond and the institution of the family;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the freedom to profess one's faith, to hand it on, and raise one's children in it, with the necessary means and institutions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the right to private property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right to emigrate;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in keeping with the country's institutions, the right to medical care, assistance for the aged, and family benefits;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the protection of security and health, especially with respect to dangers like drugs, pornography, alcoholism, etc.;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the freedom to form associations with other families and so to have representation before civil authority. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7T.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2211)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_9 bullets-module et_animated et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What about gay \u201cmarriage\u201d?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: \u201c<span>[T]he Synod Fathers observed that, 'as for proposals to place unions between homosexual persons on the same level as marriage, there are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God\u2019s plan for marriage and family'.\u201d <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 251)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_10 bullets-module et_animated et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What should we \u2018do\u2019 when the state makes homosexual unions equivalent to marriage?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: \u201c<span>In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application. In this area, everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection.\u201d<\/span><span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons, 5)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p span=\"\" style=\"color: #054368;\">\u201cIt is unacceptable 'that local Churches should be subjected to pressure in this matter and that international bodies should make financial aid to poor countries dependent on the introduction of laws to establish \u2018marriage\u2019 between persons of the same sex'\u201d.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/#251\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/amoris-laetitia\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675634227531000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0segtt6e8knLEWgPbjJyFb\">(Pope Francis, 251)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_11 bullets-module et_animated et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What is the basis for the Church\u2019s objection to gay marriage?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: \u201c<span>The Church argues against homosexual unions \u201cFrom the order of right reason\u2026From the biological and anthropological order\u2026From the social order\u2026From the legal order\u201d.<\/span><span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons, 6,7,8,9)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_24 mosaic_width  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_29 et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_41  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_42  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_62  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Four Pathologies<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>The Church\u00a0<\/span><b>identifies four dangers or major \u2018risks and problems\u2019<\/b><span>\u00a0eating away at the cultural, economic, and political systems\u00a0<\/span><b>and begins to identify how to cure them<\/b><span>.<\/span><\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"issues-slider\" class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_0 three-principles et_animated et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_0 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et-pb-active-slide\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/consumerism\/\">Consumerism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>\u201cThe exclusive pursuit of material possessions prevents man's growth as a human being and stands in opposition to his true grandeur.\u201d\u00a0<span class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. Paul VI, 19)<\/span> A person who is concerned solely or primarily with possessing and enjoying \u2013 who can no longer subordinate his instincts - cannot be free.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_1 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/environmental-degradation\/\">Environmental Degradation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Both our physical and human environment are at risk and the Church insists we ignore neither! \u201cIt is contradictory to insist that future generations respect the natural environment when our educational systems and laws do not help them to respect themselves. The book of nature is one and indivisible: it takes in not only the environment but also life, sexuality, marriage, the family, social relations: in a word, integral human development.\"<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_2 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/alienation\/\">Alienation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>We are losing the \u201cauthentic meaning of life\u201d!<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>When we\u00a0<\/span><span>refuse to transcend ourselves \u201cand to live the experience of self-giving\".<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><a style=\"color: #eb7425;\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>(Pope St. John Paul II, 41)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span> when society \u201cis marked by a \u2018globalization of indifference\u2019 that makes us\u2026closed in on ourselves.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Francis, 1)<\/a> \u00a0both the individual and society are alienated.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_3 et_clickable  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon4.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/under-development\/\">Radical Secularism<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe greatest challenge of our time is secularization\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/april\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060406_xxi-wyd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #eb7425;\"><em>(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<span>Why? Radical secularism holds that there is no such thing as an objective truth. 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