Vatican City, Nov 21, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Pope John Paul II has called married couples and families to their “singular” and “urgent” mission…”in building the Church and the Kingdom of God in history.” His words came during the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family on Saturday November 20, who are meeting on the theme "The Mission of Mature, Experienced Couples with Engaged and Young Married Couples."
“Spreading the 'Gospel of the Family'" is "a noble and decisive mission, said the Pope of the council’s work. “The family, founded on marriage, is a natural, irreplaceable institution and a basic element of the common good of every society,” he continued.
“Whoever destroys this basic fabric of human coexistence, not respecting its identity and distorting its duties, causes a deep wound to society and provokes often irreparable damages," warned the Holy Father.
The Holy Father indicated that this mission of “building the Church and the Kingdom of God in history… has lost nothing of its actuality and has, in fact, taken on an urgent nature.”