Pope Francis said on Friday that Christian marriage takes place “between a man and a woman” and that the concept of the family is based on that principle.
Francis spoke in an audience with officials of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, on the occasion of the solemn opening of the judicial year.
“There is a strong need in the Church and in the world to rediscover the meaning and value of the conjugal union between a man and a woman, on which the family is founded,” the pope said in an address to an audience consisting of from prelates. employees, lawyers and collaborators of the Court of the Roman Rota, the body that makes the final decisions for all proceedings for the annulment of Catholic marriages.
“In fact,” added the pope, “a by no means secondary aspect of the crisis affecting so many families is practical ignorance, both personal and collective, about marriage.”
In an interview with the Associated Press earlier this week, Francis stated that “being gay may be a sin, but it’s not a crime.”
The Pope spoke about the laws that still criminalize homosexuality in various countries around the world.
The Catholic Church does not recognize same-sex marriage.
Source: DN
