Washington D.C., Apr 15, 2008 / 21:44 pm
A report examining Pope Benedict XVI’s writings on marriage has just been released.“Pope Benedict XVI on Marriage: A Compendium,” has been published by the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and released on the eve of Pope Benedict’s first papal visit to the United States.
The compendium collects and analyzes the Pope’s public remarks about marriage over the first three years of his pontificate. According to the analysis, the Pope has spoken publicly about marriage on 111 occasions, often connecting marriage to wider themes such as human rights, world peace, and the dialogue between faith and reason.
He has called the family the “fundamental nucleus of society” and the “primary agency of peace,” while urging people to end the “growing crisis of the family.”
"Over and over again he has made it clear that the marriage and family debate is central--not peripheral--to understanding the human person, and defending our human dignity," said Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy.