Papal letter on World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia

December 11, 2014

Pope Francis has written a letter to Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, on the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.

“The mission of the Christian family is, today as it was yesterday, to announce to the world the love of God through the strength of the Sacrament of Marriage,” the Pope said, as he confirmed his participation in the meeting.

He added, “We are called to look again at our lifestyle, which is always exposed to the risk of being ‘contaminated’ by a worldly mentality-- individualist, consumerist, hedonist-- and to rediscover the high road to live and propose the grandeur and beauty of matrimony and the joy of being and making a family.”

 

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Further information:

• Lettera del Santo Padre al Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia per l’VIII Incontro Mondiale delle Famiglie (Holy See Press Office)
• Zenit translation
• Pope: no conservative or liberal families, family is family! (Vatican Radio)