Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach of Barcelona, Spain emphasized the
importance of marriage and the family in his weekly letter set to be
published Dec. 26.
The cardinal wrote that marriage and the family are “the hope of
humanity.”
He explained that by becoming man and living “in the silence
of the home at Nazareth,” God teaches us “without words about the
dignity and primordial value of marriage and the family.”
The cardinal then reflected on Pope Benedict XVI’s exhortation during
his visit to Spain last November.
At the time, the Pope stressed that
Catholics must “show to all that God is the God of peace and not of
violence, of freedom and not coercion, of unity and not discord,” the
cardinal recalled.
The Pope also called for “moral progress,” without neglecting technological, social and cultural progress, Cardinal Sistach said.
The Pope also called for “moral progress,” without neglecting technological, social and cultural progress, Cardinal Sistach said.
This entails “care, protection and help for the family”
and “the defense of the lives children as sacred and inviolable from the
moment of conception,” Cardinal Sistach said.
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