Pope Francis has a new initiative to increase the appreciation and necessity of marriage and family life among newer generations.
That is why he has convened the Family Global Compact. It is an initiative in collaboration with the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences that aims to respond to the many challenges facing families.
While presenting the initiative, Pope Francis said he commissioned Catholic universities to conduct an in-depth analysis of the current family crisis.
Specifically, the structural obstacles that “make it more difficult to form a family without adequate support from society.”
The Pope has often encouraged young people to embrace the calling of family life.
POPE FRANCIS
Today, the true originality, the true revolution is to rebel against the temporary culture, go beyond instinct and love with all our being. Without fear, dream of forming a family, having children and educating them, spending your life sharing everything with another person, without being ashamed of your own weaknesses, because he or she is there to welcome you and love you just as you are.
Pope Francis closed his statement on the Family Global Compact by stressing that the family embodies God's dreams for humanity and urging the Church to counter the individualism and consumerism that leads to its decline.
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