(VIDEO ONLY) Pope Francis explained why the relationship between the family and the Church is so important. He said that the connection between the two is natural, because the Church is a 'spiritual family\u00e2?\u009d and the family is a small church. He added that 'families and parishes are the two places where we encounter, in every age, that communion of love which has its ultimate source in God.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n
\tSUMMARY OF THE POPE'S CATECHESIS IN ENGLISH:<\/p>\n
\tDear Brothers and Sisters:<\/p>\n
\tIn our continuing catechesis on the family, we reflect today on the connection between the family and the Christian community. The Church is the home of those who believe in Jesus Christ as the source of the unity of the entire human family. \u00a0Christ chose to enter our history, to become part of a human family, and to form a community which welcomes all who wish to hear his good news of the Father\u00e2??s love. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\tThere is a close bond, then, between the family and the Church. \u00a0Families and parishes are the two places where we encounter, in every age, that communion of love which has its ultimate source in God. \u00a0Just as our families are domestic churches, our parishes are called to be welcoming families. \u00a0This 'covenant\u00e2?\u009d has to be renewed, with the courage and vision born of faith, so that these centers of love, evangelization, and solidarity can, with the help of God\u00e2??s grace and despite all our limitations, work true miracles for the shaping of a more fraternal and humane world.<\/p>\n
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September 9, 2015. He said during his general audience that parishes and other Church institutions must be open to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WQYle77xU-w","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/romereports.com.edgesuite.net\/news\/bncud0909int.mov","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}