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| Lilo | Monday, 11. February 2008, 02:47 |
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http://www.zenit.org/article-21737?l=english Papal Address to Participants in Congress on Women "Recall the Design of God That Created the Human Being Male and Female" excerpts: . . . In the face of cultural and political currents that attempt to eliminate, or at least to obfuscate and confuse, the sexual differences written into human nature, considering them to be cultural constructions, it is necessary to recall the design of God that created the human being male and female, with a unity and at the same time an original and complementary difference. Human nature and the cultural dimension are integrated in an ample and complex process that constitutes the formation of the identity of each, where both dimensions – the feminine and the masculine – correspond to and complete each other. . . . There are certain places and cultures where women are discriminated against and undervalued just for the fact that they are women, where recourse is even had to religious arguments and family, social and cultural pressures to support the disparity between the sexes, w. . . acts of violence against women, make them into objects of abuse and exploitation in advertising and in the consumer and entertainment industries. . . . the commitment of Christians appears all the more urgent, so that they become everywhere the promoters of a culture that recognizes the dignity that belongs to women in law and in reality. . . . From the moment of their conception, children have a right to count on a father and a mother who care for them and accompany them in their growth. The state, for its part, must sustain with adequate social policies all that which promotes the stability of matrimony, the dignity and the responsibility of husband and wife, their right and irreplaceable duty to educate their children. Moreover, it is necessary that it be made possible for the woman to cooperate in the building-up of society, appreciating her typical "feminine genius.". . . |
The root problem in a lot of bad catechesis is ultimately not ignorance, but pride. ~ Mark Shea 
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