Pope
Francis concludes catecheses on the Family
(Vatican Radio)
During his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis concluded his series of
reflections on the family. The Holy Father said, “We are on the eve of
beautiful and challenging events, which are directly joined to this great
theme: the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, and the Synod of Bishops
here in Rome.” Both events, he continued, “have a worldwide breath, which
corresponds to the universal dimension of Christianity, but also to the
universal scope of this fundamental and irreplaceable human community, which is
precisely the family.”
Pope Francis
said that the world today seems marked by an economy increasingly subject to
technology, an economy where ethics is subordinated to the desire for profit.
“In this scenario,” he said, “a new covenant of the man and the woman becomes
not only necessary, but also strategic for the emancipation of the people from
the colonization of money.” It is precisely this union of man and woman that
can help re-orient politics, economics and civil coexistence.
The created
world, the Pope continued, is entrusted to man and woman, so that what happens
to them has an effect on all of creation. The fall of the first man and the
first woman led to a “delusion of omnipotence” which ruins everything; this is
the “original sin” that affects all of creation.
Nonetheless, God
has not abandoned human beings or His creation. God, in His merciful love,
continues to protect and bless man and woman. The promise God made in the
beginning to the first man and the first woman, that He would love and bless
them, includes every human being even to the end of time. “Let us journey
together,” Pope Francis concluded, “under this blessing and under this plan of
God to make us all brothers in life in a world that goes forward and that is
born precisely from the family, from the union of the man and the woman.”
“May God bless
you, families from every corner of the world! May God bless you all!”
Below, please
find the English-language summary of Pope Francis’ catechesis at Wednesday’s
General Audience:
Dear Brothers
and Sisters: Today we conclude our series of catecheses on marriage and the
family, on the eve of two significant international events: the World Meeting
of Families, to be held next week in Philadelphia, and the Synod of Bishops
here in Rome. In these past months, guided by God’s Word, we have reflected on
the perennial value of the covenant between man and woman for the future of the
entire human family. In the Creator’s plan, marriage and the family have an
essential role in shaping an ever more humane political, economic and social
life. This role is all the more critical today, in a society increasingly
subject to technology and to forms of economic colonization which subordinate
ethics to profits. From the beginning, God entrusted His creation to man and
woman. Despite our rejection of His original blessing, He continues to watch
over our efforts to make this world our common home. In a special way, by the
coming of Jesus His Son, He has maintained His promise (cf. Gen 3:15) to bless
and protect us in every generation. May families everywhere come to know this
blessing!
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