Pope: The tendency to cancel out differences between man and woman is disconcerting

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It is “disconcerting to witness” a “tendency to cancel out” sexual “difference”. “When things are good between men and women, the world and history run smoothly too,” while “when the opposite occurs, the world becomes hostile and history comes to a standstill”. Pope Francis said this during the speech he addressed to the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, for which he recently appointed new heads. The speech focused on the need to “work on our ability – on a doctrinal and pastoral level – to read and interpret the truth and beauty” of the family “in the context of our time”, recalling that what is more crucial than how far many are from the ideal and practice of the Christian truth”, is the “closeness of the Church”, even “in situations of human weakness, so that grace may rescue, revive and heal them”.

Last August, Francis appointed Mgr. Vincenzo Paglia as Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Institute, as well as President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, nominating Milanese theologian Pierangelo Sequeri as the Institute’s new head.
“In the current circumstances, conjugal and family ties are put to the test in many ways,” the Pope said. “The establishment of a culture that exalts a narcissistic individualism, a conception of freedom that shirks responsibility for others, a growing indifference to the common good, the imposition of ideologies that directly attack the family project, as well as the rise of poverty, which threatens the future of many families, are further crises faced by the family today.”
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“When things are good between men and women, the world and history run smoothly too,” while “when the opposite occurs, the world becomes hostile and history comes to a standstill”
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Was there a time when this happened? I mean, is there evidence of history running smoothly relations between man and woman being so good there was a less hostile world?
 
simpleas said:
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Was there a time when this happened? I mean, is there evidence of history running smoothly relations between man and woman being so good there was a less hostile world?
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I think the point is that sin severs the relationship between the two.
 
simpleas said:
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Was there a time when this happened? I mean, is there evidence of history running smoothly relations between man and woman being so good there was a less hostile world?
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The Garden of Eden. 😉
 
simpleas said:
You don’t say…:rolleyes:

I suppose it depends on how the pope visualises history running smoothly.
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Sorry, I didn’t pick up on the sarcasm. I’ve found it’s always safer to err on the side of caution when it comes to detecting sarcasm. I tend to a dry sense of humor myself.
 
TCEL said:
I think the point is that sin severs the relationship between the two.
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Sin severs everything.

Between men and women, parents and children, God and humans, even how we relate to ourselves.

No wonder God hates sin.
 
It seems to me there is a moral conflict, particularly in the U.S. and Western Europe, that is manifest in the interactions between the genders. We have all heard the divisive and never satisfied howls from certain so-called “liberation” movements.
 
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