Civil unions, the CEI: no alternative to the family – The Messenger

E ‘on the day of the Family Day, the demonstration against the law civil unions. “It is essential that we are many to meet us at the Circus Maximus. Remember this is the only “weapon” at our disposal. ” And ‘the appeal of Massimo Gandolfini, president of the organizing committee of the Family Day on handling parliamentary bill Cirinnà, that in his opinion “is inemendabile and is withdrawn.” Words always sharp, but less stentorian, the CEI that, at the end of the Permanent Council, speaks only of “concern” for the equality between civil unions and marriage, no other lunges, still leave you to guess which of the other tables are being dealt with by achieving another result: the elimination of stepchild adoption by the bill Cirinnà and a rewriting of Article 3. Today’s demonstration will have a strong internal value to the Catholic world, and will be used by some parties (Ncd, League, FDI and Fi) for accreditation with this part of the Catholic world.

“The equalization current between marriage and civil unions – with the introduction of an alternative to the family – has been addressed within the larger concern for the cultural change that crosses the West, “he stressed the CEI at the conclusion of the Episcopal Council. Interventions “has expressed awareness of the Church’s mission of having to proclaim the Gospel of marriage and the family, defending the identity of its natural shape, whose features are incorporated into the Constitution itself.”

In the final communiqué of the Permanent Episcopal Council, held in Rome from Monday to Wednesday last, the IEC says that “the difficulties and trials of family – and together its beauty, uniqueness and centrality – have been widely underlined by the bishops, in resumption and deepening of the content offered in the opening address of Card. Bagnasco, “recalling, among other things,” the identity and unique institution of marriage “and “The demand for family policies consistent and effective.” “In terms of the new poverty – is explained -, the Permanent Council has expressed a church closer to the people, which did not hesitate to raise their voice here families struggling to make ends meet, many of which are not knowing how to meet even basic needs; here is the scourge of unemployment, which are not enough to deal with the calls for solidarity, but we need a new, strong entrepreneurship and community welfare; here is the concern for the demographic winter, the call for greater support for the rights of children – from conception – and the complaint about the absence of effective family policies. “

final statement, as already in the opening address of the card. Bagnasco, there is no mention of “Family Day” against the bill Cirinnà on civil unions, organized for Saturday in Rome by the organizations of the Catholic laity.

         

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