Madrid, Spain, Jan 21, 2008 / 19:36 pm
During the ordination of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Antonio Martinez of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela said that the abandonment of God in today’s society is the reason for the “radical loneliness” that leads to crises in marriages and families.
During his homily at the Mass of ordination, the cardinal from Madrid stressed that “the idea that ‘God has died’ has left unequivocal signs in contemporary society, among others, that of loneliness in people.”
“There is no human power that can fill the space for God in the consciences of people and, consequently, in the heart and the interior of society,” he added.
“This radical loneliness is the typical malady of today’s society, and it is at the heart of the crises and breakups of marriages and families,” the cardinal said, pointing out that “only God can cure that loneliness.”