{"id":2082,"date":"2016-01-23T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2025-09-28T00:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:45:36","slug":"pope-strongly-upholds-christian-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2082","title":{"rendered":"“Pope strongly upholds Christian marriage”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a talk he gave yesterday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pope strongly upholds Christian marriage<\/a><\/p>\n

The Roman Rota judges individual cases against the laws of Christian marriage, and thereby fulfills a dual role, showing the Church\u2019s compassion and at the same time its fidelity to Christ\u2019s teaching, the Pontiff said. Through the tribunal, he explained, the Church \u201ccan show the unfailing merciful love of God to families\u2014especially those wounded by sin and the trials of life\u2014and, at the same time, proclaim the essential truth of marriage according to God's design.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pope stressed that tribunal judges should exercise compassion particularly in cases when they uphold the validity of an unhappy marriage. They should \u201calways remember that those who, by choice or unhappy circumstances of life, are living in an objective state of error, continue to be the object of the merciful love of Christ and thus the Church herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Church recognizes that many young people enter into marriage without a proper understanding of their responsibilities, the Pope continued. He remarked that \u201camong Christians some have a strong faith, formed by charity, strengthened by good catechesis and nurtured in prayer and sacramental life, whereas others have a weak and neglected faith, unformed, uneducated or forgotten.\u201d Nevertheless he said that the goals of Christian marriage can be attained by all couples, and in fact many couples learn to appreciate \u201cthe fullness of God\u2019s plan for marriage\u201d only gradually, by experience.<\/p>\n

In a clear reference to the acceptance of other living arrangements, the Pope said that \u201cthere can be no confusion between the family willed by God and any other type of union.\u201d This unmistakable rejection of non-marital unions appeared to be a reflection on the discussions of the Synod of Bishops last October, when some prelates had suggested greater acceptance of same-sex partnerships and cohabiting couples.<\/p>\n

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The Roman Rota judges individual cases against the laws of Christian marriage, and thereby fulfills a dual role, showing the Church\u2019s compassion and at the same time its fidelity to Christ\u2019s teaching, the Pontiff said. Through the tribunal, he explained, the Church \u201ccan show the unfailing merciful love of God to families\u2014especially those wounded by sin and the trials of life\u2014and, at the same time, proclaim the essential truth of marriage according to God's design.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pope stressed that tribunal judges should exercise compassion particularly in cases when they uphold the validity of an unhappy marriage. They should \u201calways remember that those who, by choice or unhappy circumstances of life, are living in an objective state of error, continue to be the object of the merciful love of Christ and thus the Church herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Church recognizes that many young people enter into marriage without a proper understanding of their responsibilities, the Pope continued. He remarked that \u201camong Christians some have a strong faith, formed by charity, strengthened by good catechesis and nurtured in prayer and sacramental life, whereas others have a weak and neglected faith, unformed, uneducated or forgotten.\u201d Nevertheless he said that the goals of Christian marriage can be attained by all couples, and in fact many couples learn to appreciate \u201cthe fullness of God\u2019s plan for marriage\u201d only gradually, by experience.<\/p>\n

In a clear reference to the acceptance of other living arrangements, the Pope said that \u201cthere can be no confusion between the family willed by God and any other type of union.\u201d This unmistakable rejection of non-marital unions appeared to be a reflection on the discussions of the Synod of Bishops last October, when some prelates had suggested greater acceptance of same-sex partnerships and cohabiting couples.<\/p>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/news\/headlines\/index.cfm?storyid=27271#sthash.VFaDVjWb.dpuf<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Roman Rota judges individual cases against the laws of Christian marriage, and thereby fulfills a dual role, showing the Church\u2019s compassion and at the same time its fidelity to Christ\u2019s teaching, the Pontiff said. Through the tribunal, he explained, the Church \u201ccan show the unfailing merciful love of God to families\u2014especially those wounded by sin and the trials of life\u2014and, at the same time, proclaim the essential truth of marriage according to God's design.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pope stressed that tribunal judges should exercise compassion particularly in cases when they uphold the validity of an unhappy marriage. They should \u201calways remember that those who, by choice or unhappy circumstances of life, are living in an objective state of error, continue to be the object of the merciful love of Christ and thus the Church herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Church recognizes that many young people enter into marriage without a proper understanding of their responsibilities, the Pope continued. He remarked that \u201camong Christians some have a strong faith, formed by charity, strengthened by good catechesis and nurtured in prayer and sacramental life, whereas others have a weak and neglected faith, unformed, uneducated or forgotten.\u201d Nevertheless he said that the goals of Christian marriage can be attained by all couples, and in fact many couples learn to appreciate \u201cthe fullness of God\u2019s plan for marriage\u201d only gradually, by experience.<\/p>\n

In a clear reference to the acceptance of other living arrangements, the Pope said that \u201cthere can be no confusion between the family willed by God and any other type of union.\u201d This unmistakable rejection of non-marital unions appeared to be a reflection on the discussions of the Synod of Bishops last October, when some prelates had suggested greater acceptance of same-sex partnerships and cohabiting couples.<\/p>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/news\/headlines\/index.cfm?storyid=27271#sthash.VFaDVjWb.dpuf<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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