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President of Laity Council Offers Pre-Synod Exhortation
The president of the Pontifical Council of the Laity, Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, has issued a statement ahead of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family, which the Pope will inaugurate with solemn Mass on Sunday.
The cardinal observes that we are “facing a dangerous post-modern cultural shift that threatens the fate of humankind.”
“Today more than ever,” he says, “we need witnesses who live out the Gospel of the family to the fullest and with joy, and who show the world that it is a beautiful and fascinating way of life, a source of happiness for spouses and children.”
These witnesses are needed, he says, even if the voice of the Church is “often contested, rejected and even ridiculed by the media.”
“Christ opens a fascinating horizon of holiness to Christian spouses,” the cardinal affirms. “He shows them that marriage and family can be a privileged way to holiness. Perhaps in our pastoral care of marriage and the family, we – both pastors and lay people – have little trust in the primacy of grace in the Christian life!”
(See the article for the full text of his statement.)
The president of the Pontifical Council of the Laity, Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, has issued a statement ahead of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family, which the Pope will inaugurate with solemn Mass on Sunday.
The cardinal observes that we are “facing a dangerous post-modern cultural shift that threatens the fate of humankind.”
“Today more than ever,” he says, “we need witnesses who live out the Gospel of the family to the fullest and with joy, and who show the world that it is a beautiful and fascinating way of life, a source of happiness for spouses and children.”
These witnesses are needed, he says, even if the voice of the Church is “often contested, rejected and even ridiculed by the media.”
“Christ opens a fascinating horizon of holiness to Christian spouses,” the cardinal affirms. “He shows them that marriage and family can be a privileged way to holiness. Perhaps in our pastoral care of marriage and the family, we – both pastors and lay people – have little trust in the primacy of grace in the Christian life!”
(See the article for the full text of his statement.)