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In his Sunday Angelus address, the Holy Father asked couples to reflect on whether their married life is fully open to the gift of children.
Marriage is a lifelong commitment and has no “expiry date”, the Liaison Bishop for Marriage and Family Life at the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has said.
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued the document in response to questions from a Brazilian bishop.
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life is preparing a document that will address divorced and remarried couples at the request of Pope Francis, according to the dicastery’s prefect, Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
Pope Francis on Friday reiterated the Church’s perennial teaching on marriage as a lifelong union between a man and a woman.
The pope wrote the preface of a new Vatican document for priests working with engaged couples.
“Please, each day, let us pray a little bit together, if you can make the effort, to ask God for the gift of peace.”
“Families have always been in my thoughts and prayers, but especially so during the pandemic,” Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis met members of the marriage ministry Retrouvaille, which helps struggling couples overcome difficulties in their relationship.
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been charged with the murder of his estranged former wife. The trial could also have an canonical consequence for Thabane and his second wife.
Pope Francis said Saturday that the Church suffers with couples who are in a “wounded marriage,” and seeks their healing in truth.
Pope Francis denounced rising anti-Semitism Wednesday as an attitude that is inhumane and unchristian.