CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO A MOTHER AND A FATHER... AS WILLED, PLANNED, AUTHORED, ORDAINED BY GOD... AS NATURAL AS BREATHING, EATING, SLEEPING... Children have the right to be raised by a mother and a father, Pope Francis said, emphasizing that “the family is the foundation of co-existence and a remedy against social fragmentation.” The Pope made these remarks on Nov. 17 at the opening of the three-day international, interfaith colloquium entitled The Complementarity of Man and Woman, currently underway in the Vatican. Also referred to as the “Humanum” conference, the gathering is being sponsored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for the Family, the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, and the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.... “We must foster a new human ecology,” he said. “The family is the foundation of co-existence and a remedy against social fragmentation,” the Holy Father CONTINUED, stressing the importance of marriage in the raising of children. “Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the childs development and emotional maturity,” he said. Pope Francis encouraged the participants in the Colloquium to especially take ACCOUNT of young people. “Commit yourselves, so that our youth do not give themselves over to the poisonous environment of the temporary, but rather be revolutionaries with the courage to seek true and lasting love, going against the common pattern.” He also warned against being moved by political agendas. “Family is an anthropological fact, he said, which cannot be qualified “based on ideological notions or concepts important only at one time in history.” Pope Francis concluded his address by confirming his participation in the World Meeting of Families to take place in Philadelphia, USA, in 2015....
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