1. Family and marriage

2. The family is an important nucleus within society.

3. The family is the first cell that makes up human society and it comes before any public authority.

4. The principals and values of the family make up the foundation of society.

5. Society originates within the family.

6. Society has the duty to help and strengthen marriage and family through subsidies.

7. In the family we Are born Are brought up
Receive our first formation and experience love for the first formation
Experience love for the first time

8. Traditionally, the family has always been built upon marriage

9. The Church has always understood and taught, right up to today, that marriage con only be between a man and a woman who want to have chidren

10. When God created man and woman, he called them to marriage - an intimate community of life and love.

11. “The two become on body” (Mt 19,6)

12. That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh (Gen 2:24)

13. When God blessed them, He told them “Be fruitful and multiply”
When God blessed them, He told them “Be fruitful and multiply”. (Gen 1:28)

14. The Church understands that the world is changing and that lifestyle have evolved and are very different from the past. Yet, the Church still holds that it is important for a family to be built upon marriage, a sacrament between a man and a woman.

15. Jesus graces marriage by making it a sacrament to be lived in dignity.

16. Christ is the sign of Jesus’ love for his bride the Church:

17. “Husbands should love their wives just like Christ loved the Church” (Eph 5,25)

18. A married life requires certain characteristics:

19. a. You can’t think only for yourself

20. b. You should be ready to give and to recieve

21. c. You should pass on your love to your children

22. d. Forgive each other when is needed and have a balance for certain decision that should be taken

23. e. Marriage helps the couple to be in peace together.