Pope Leo XIV has said that peaceful civil societies cannot be built up and maintained without investing in traditional marriage and protecting the lives of the most vulnerable, including unborn children.
In an address to the Diplomatic Corps to the Holy See, the American pontiff gave his first major indication that he would end prevailing doctrinal ambiguity over marriage in the Catholic Church.
The Chicago-born Pope’s comments also reveal the importance to him of the role of marriage in regenerating dissolute western societies in particular.
The Holy Father’s defence of the unborn child and the elderly also suggests a strong continuity with the teachings of Pope St John Paul II, the author of the 1995 encyclicalEvangelium Vitae, the Gospel of Life, which explicitly and systematically condemned abortion, euthanasia and other grave sins against the inviolability and sanctity of human life.
Pope Leo said: “It 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, a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society.
“In addition, no one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike.”
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