{"id":41028,"date":"2021-02-25T21:43:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T21:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappusa.wpengine.com\/?page_id=41028"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:25:34","slug":"the-family-and-the-state","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/es\/the-family-and-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family and the State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/the-family-and-the-state\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #054368;\">The Family and the State<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe <b>first and fundamental structure...<\/b> is the\u00a0<strong>family<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 39<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough M-3_grid\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item1 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"M-3_grid-item1_shape\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"M-3_grid-item1_text\">\n<p style=\"padding: 0;\">There are Clear Responsibilities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item2 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Family Came First<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item3 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Family is the Priority<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item4 grid-item_gap-fill\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item4 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>No Future without the Family<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-3_grid-item M-3_grid-item5 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Family Must be Protected<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>family <\/strong><\/span><strong>\u201c<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>exists prior to the State<\/strong> or any other community, and possesses inherent <strong>rights which are inalienable<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" 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><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The State Has Clear Responsibilities<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[E]xperience...<b>throughout history<\/b> has shown the <strong>need for society<\/strong> to recognize and <b>defend<\/b> the institution of the <b>family<\/b>\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" 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, H., Charter Of The Rights Of The Family)<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_5 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cPublic authority should regard it as <strong>a sacred duty<\/strong> to recognize, protect and promote it [the family]\u2026and to favor the prosperity of home life.\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\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(Gaudium et Spes, 52)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities responsible for the common good must be <\/span><b>seriously committed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> to the primary good of society<\/strong>, namely, the <\/span>family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span> <a class=\"alternate-link\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" 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, 12)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Public authorities must <\/span><b>respect<\/b><strong> and <\/strong><b>foster<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the dignity, lawful independence, privacy, integrity and stability of every <\/span><strong>family<\/strong><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\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(Article 6, a, Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_6 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>The State<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<strong>should never fail in its fundamental task<\/strong> of respecting and fostering the family\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 45<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_7 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_13 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">However<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_14 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201c<b>[T]he Church openly and strongly defends<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the rights of the family against the intolerable usurpations of society and the State\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 46<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_15 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family and society <b>have complimentary functions<\/b> in defending and fostering the good of each and every human being.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 45<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_8 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"definition\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_16 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>You may want to review.<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/the-family\/\" data-icon=\"5\">The Definition of Family<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_bottom et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_9 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_17 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">It's the State's job to...<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_10 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth column-edit\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kabita-darlami-NeCIvmmZa60-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kabita-darlami-NeCIvmmZa60-unsplash.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kabita-darlami-NeCIvmmZa60-unsplash-980x1470.jpg 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kabita-darlami-NeCIvmmZa60-unsplash-480x720.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40666\" title=\"kabita-darlami-NeCIvmmZa60-unsplash\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_18 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Act Specifically...<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_19 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every state has the obligation to <strong>defend <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>the <\/strong><\/span><b>right to form a family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026established in marriage between a man and a woman<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060908_ambassador-chile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_20 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"All<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> those\u2026who exercise influence over communities and social groups should <\/span><strong>work efficiently for the welfare<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span>marriage and the family<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\"\u00a0<span><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, 52)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The institutional value of <\/span><strong>marriage should be upheld<\/strong> by the public authorities\". <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;\">(Article 1, c, Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #054368;\">\"States<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are called to <\/span><b>enact<\/b> <b>policies<\/b><strong> promoting the centrality<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span>integrity<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span>family <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">founded on marriage between a man and a woman, the primary vital cell of society\".<\/span> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #054368;\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 44)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span>\"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>family<\/b><strong> has a right to assistance<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> by society<\/strong> in the bearing and rearing of children.<\/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\">(Article 3, c, Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/government-capitol-court-columns-architecture-law-order-rule-politics-US.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/government-capitol-court-columns-architecture-law-order-rule-politics-US.jpg 576w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/government-capitol-court-columns-architecture-law-order-rule-politics-US-480x720.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 576px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-43393\" title=\"government-capitol-court-columns-architecture-law-order-rule-politics-US\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_21 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Proactively...<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_22 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States must <b>guarantee<\/b><strong> all the support<\/strong>, including economic support, which families need<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 94<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_23 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[T]he State\u2026<strong>must<\/strong> <b>protect the family<\/b> through measures of a political, economic, social and juridical character, which aim at consolidating the unity and stability of the family so that it can exercise its specific function\".\u00a0<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, I., Charter of the Rights of the Family)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[P]ublic authorities <strong>must <\/strong><\/span><b>do everything<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> possible<\/strong> to ensure that families have all those aids - economic, social, educational, political and cultural assistance-that they need in order to face <\/span>all <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their <\/span>responsibilities<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a human way.\"\u00a0<span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 45)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T]he family urgently needs to be helped and supported.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/evangelium-vitae\/#94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 94)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joice-kelly-EDbJ-kBxel8-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"1281\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joice-kelly-EDbJ-kBxel8-unsplash.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joice-kelly-EDbJ-kBxel8-unsplash-980x1469.jpg 980w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joice-kelly-EDbJ-kBxel8-unsplash-480x719.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1281px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40650\" title=\"joice-kelly-EDbJ-kBxel8-unsplash\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_24 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">And with Limited Intervention!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_25 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are \u201cnecessary limits to the State\u2019s intervention\u2026inasmuch as the State exists in order to <b>protect their rights and not stifle them<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 11<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_26 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span>\"The <strong>family<\/strong> [is] <strong>older<\/strong> <strong>than<\/strong> the <strong>state<\/strong>...<strong>No human law can abolish<\/strong> the natural and original right of <strong>marriage<\/strong>, <strong>nor<\/strong> in any way <strong>limit<\/strong> the chief and <strong>principal purpose<\/strong> of marriage ordained by God's authority from the beginning: \u2018Increase and multiply\u2019.\u201d <\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIII, 12)<\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[T]he State <strong>cannot and must not take away<\/strong> from families the functions that they can just as well perform on their own or in free associations\". <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 45)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[T]he State must <\/span><strong>not absorb<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> the individual or the family<\/strong>; both should be allowed <\/span>free<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and untrammeled <\/span>action<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so far as is consistent with the <\/span>common good\".<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIII, 35)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_1 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>\u201c[T]hat the civil government should at its option intrude into and exercise intimate <strong>control over the family<\/strong> and the household is a <strong>great<\/strong> and pernicious <strong>error<\/strong>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIII, 14)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[T]he <strong>State... <\/strong><\/span><b>is under grave obligation<\/b> in its relations with the <strong>family<\/strong> to adhere to the principle of subsidiarity\". <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 45)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_11 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_14 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_27 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><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:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/familiaris-consortio\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 1<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies. This can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/speeches\/2025\/may\/documents\/20250516-corpo-diplomatico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_12 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_13 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_15 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_28 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>What if We Fail?<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_29 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>The stakes could not be higher!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_14 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_30 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li>\"<strong>When the Creator\u2019s divine plan is ignored<\/strong> the truth of human nature is lost.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2006\/september\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060908_canada-ontario.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 3)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The family is \"increasingly menaced by forces of disintegration on both the ideological and practical planes, so as <strong>to make us fear for\u2026the future of society<\/strong> as a whole.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.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><\/li>\n<li>\"If there is a lack of respect for the right to life and to a natural death, if human conception, gestation and birth are made artificial, if human embryos are sacrificed to research, the conscience of <strong>society ends up losing the concept of human ecology<\/strong> and, along with it, that of environmental ecology.\" <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 51)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_15 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_31 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><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:\/\/5.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;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_16 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_18 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_32 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Learn More<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_2_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_2 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/the-family\/\" data-icon=\"5\">What is the Family?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_19 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_33 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Learn More<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_3_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_3 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/family-and-ecology\/\" data-icon=\"5\">The Family and Ecology<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_13 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_17 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_20 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_34 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>FAQs<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_2 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What rights do families have?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5.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>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_3 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What else must the state do in support of the family?<\/h3><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>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_14 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_18 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_21 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_22 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_35 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425;\">The Four Pathologies<\/span><\/h1>\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>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module three-principles\" id=\"issues-slider\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_0 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-0\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon3.png\" width=\"769\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon3.png 769w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon3-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon3-768x566.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" class=\"wp-image-34045\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/consumerism\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">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:\/\/5.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>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_1 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-1\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon1.png\" width=\"769\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon1.png 769w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon1-768x566.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" class=\"wp-image-34047\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/environmental-degradation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">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:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Benedict XVI, 51)<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_2 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-2\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon2.png\" width=\"769\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon2.png 769w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon2-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon2-768x566.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" class=\"wp-image-34046\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/alienation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">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:\/\/5.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>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_3 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-3\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon4.png\" width=\"769\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon4.png 769w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon4-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/5.capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/icon4-768x566.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" class=\"wp-image-34044\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/under-development\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">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? 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