Italian cardinal says improved education needed to combat anti-family laws
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Valencia, Fla., Jul 5, 2006 / 12:00 am (CNA).- Speaking at one of the conferences of the World Meeting of Families taking place this week in Spain, Cardinal Carlo Cafarra of Bologna, Italy, called for revitalization in the field of education in order to respond to the decision by the EU Parliament to force member states to make same-sex unions the equivalent of marriage.

According to the AVAN news agency, the cardinal called last January’s resolution by the EU Parliament, “a false conception of the secularism of the State,” and he criticized it for, “condemning as homophobic those states that do not embrace it.”

Cardinal Cafarra, who is also director of the John Paul II Institute on the Family, explained that the application of, “secularist principles,” in Europe means society would become, “a contract of egoisms, a negotiated coexistence of strangers.”

At the heart of this situation, the cardinal said, is a fundamental emergency in education.  “An entire generation of adults does not know how to educate an entire generation of young people,” the cardinal said.

During his address, he underscored the Church’s mission to improve education both in the family and in society, and he said that the degradation of the human person can’t be stopped by just complaining, but rather by strengthening the education of persons who are truly free.
 
Cardinal Cafarra also criticized calls to change the terminology referring to procreation and marriage.   Such terms, he said, “do not derive from any particular understanding of human sexuality: It’s no longer spouses, but ‘partners,’ no longer fathers and mothers, but ‘progenitor A’ and ‘progenitor B’.”

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Published by: George Angel
Canada 07/06/2006 10:02 AM EST
The very extreme changes that the EU wants to make to the institution of marriage that was created by God as a covenant between a man and woman have never been undertaken or even talked about in human history. To borrow a phrase from the famous television show "Star Trek" the EU and humanity is about to go were mankind has never gone before. They are literally tinkering with God's creation that has stood the test of time. God created the perfect family between a man and woman. Mankind cannot fabricate or manufacture what was created by God. To do so will only create chaos and confusion. Cardinal Cafarra is also correct in saying that parents need to educate their children. There is now a movement throughtout various countries like Canada, Spain and the U.S. to change school curriculums to include gay history, marriage and trangenderism studies right from very early ages throughout high schools. Parents the world over need to wake up to this new coming reality and prepare themselves sufficiently by being able to teach their children the truth about God's creation. Parents need to read the Bible, read the Catholic Catechism and a whole host of books by the many Saints. Parents be prepared! Know your faith so that you can pass it on to our future generations. These future generations deserve and need to know God's eternal truths because their eternal destinations are going to depend on it. Pray for the family, but especially pray for our dear precious children.
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