Rome, January 26, 2016 – “Children are not a right and must have a father and a mother.” This said the CEI president Angelo Bagnasco, on the issue of civil unions to the permanent council of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
The Cardinal pointed out that the family is a “treasure chest of relationships, generations and genres, of humanism and of grace” in which “there is a jewel in the crown: the children. But never a right “, and added that” their true good must prevail over any other, since they are the weakest and most exposed: they are never right, because there are things to be produced; They are entitled to respect and above all, security and stability. They need a complete microcosm, in its essentials, to breathe a definite breath “and quoting a speech by Pope Francis in 2014 noted that” Children deserve to grow up with a father and a mother. The family is an anthropological fact, not ideological. ”
On civil unions Bagnasco recalls that the bishops are united and compact “in sharing the difficulties and trials of family and reaffirm the beauty, the centrality and uniqueness: insinuate conflicts and divisions means not love nor the Church nor the family. ” “We dream of a country – he added – to family size, where respect for all is lifestyle, and the rights of everyone are guaranteed on different levels according to justice.”
“The believers have the duty and the right to participate in the common good with serenity of heart and constructive spirit “. It is up to the laity “to include the divine law in the life of the earthly city. Shoulder their responsibilities in the light of Christian wisdom and with eager attention to the teaching of the Magisterium. “
” We feel the duty to raise the voice of the family, inexhaustible treasure and universal heritage, to be protected, promoted and supported policies truly incisive and consistent “.
And the family as provided by the Constitution “is the foundation and center of the social fabric”, says Cardinal “Therefore every state assumes the duties and charges to the family based on marriage, because she recognizes not only their future, but also its stability and prosperity. We hope that the collective consciousness will never lack the identity and unique to this institution. ” “The founding fathers gave us a treasure precise, we all have to appreciate and cherish as the dearest and most precious heritage, aware that – said Bagnasco citing the words of Pope Francis – ‘there can be no confusion between the family willed by God and any other type of union. “
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