MALAWI: Vatican Calls for Aggressive Defense of Family
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| Most Rev. Tarcisio Ziyaye, AMECEA Chairman, Most Rev. Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family and Most Rev. Gabriel Mbilingi, President of SECAM |
The
President of the Pontifical Council for the family Most Rev. Vincenzo Paglia
has stressed the need to protect and defend the family at all costs as that is
beginning and pillar of human life and society.
President of the Pontifical Council for the family Most Rev. Vincenzo Paglia
has stressed the need to protect and defend the family at all costs as that is
beginning and pillar of human life and society.
Addressing
the delegates at the AMECEA Plenary in Lilongwe, Archbishop Paglia said that human
beings are made for communion not loneliness and home is where cultural and
spiritual values are learned and transmitted.
the delegates at the AMECEA Plenary in Lilongwe, Archbishop Paglia said that human
beings are made for communion not loneliness and home is where cultural and
spiritual values are learned and transmitted.
“The
extended family teaches its children the attitudes and behaviors of the whole
community,” he said adding that the crisis of marriage and the family is to be
considered in the light of the individualization of contemporary society.
extended family teaches its children the attitudes and behaviors of the whole
community,” he said adding that the crisis of marriage and the family is to be
considered in the light of the individualization of contemporary society.
“It seems
that the ‘I’ is everywhere prevailing
over ‘us’ and individual over family.
Consequently the rights of an individual takes precedence over the rights of
the family,” he Explained.
that the ‘I’ is everywhere prevailing
over ‘us’ and individual over family.
Consequently the rights of an individual takes precedence over the rights of
the family,” he Explained.
Quoting the
post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Ecclesia in Africa, the Archbishop said
that the role of the family is highly regarded in African culture although
economic situations have imposed practices contrary to life on the continent.
post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Ecclesia in Africa, the Archbishop said
that the role of the family is highly regarded in African culture although
economic situations have imposed practices contrary to life on the continent.
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| Most Rev. Paglia addressing the delegates |
He cited the
threats to family life in Africa today as the breakdown of morals, attacks on
the family unit, poverty and unemployment adding that these have made it
impossible for parents to fulfill their responsibilities.
threats to family life in Africa today as the breakdown of morals, attacks on
the family unit, poverty and unemployment adding that these have made it
impossible for parents to fulfill their responsibilities.
“The family
must be defended and protected so that it can provide men and women who can
weave a social fabric of peace and harmony,” he said adding that the Vatican is
fully committed to promoting the African family as evidenced by the opening of
a section for Africa led by an African Priest at the Pontifical Council for the
Family
must be defended and protected so that it can provide men and women who can
weave a social fabric of peace and harmony,” he said adding that the Vatican is
fully committed to promoting the African family as evidenced by the opening of
a section for Africa led by an African Priest at the Pontifical Council for the
Family
“Children
come to church for baptism and then disappear, couples stay away from Church
after receiving the Sacrament of Matrimony…these superficial Christianity needs
to stop, he lamented.
come to church for baptism and then disappear, couples stay away from Church
after receiving the Sacrament of Matrimony…these superficial Christianity needs
to stop, he lamented.
The
Archbishop said that a new pastoral perspective for the family is therefore
highly needed. “My dear brother bishops, what I propose is difficult and
complex but cannot be avoided; we need a new alliance between the family and
the Church to show the beauty of the ‘us’
to a world that lives in sorrow of shortsighted pride.”
Archbishop said that a new pastoral perspective for the family is therefore
highly needed. “My dear brother bishops, what I propose is difficult and
complex but cannot be avoided; we need a new alliance between the family and
the Church to show the beauty of the ‘us’
to a world that lives in sorrow of shortsighted pride.”
By Pamela Adinda AMECEA Social Communications
and Fr. Anatoly Salawa National Communications Secretary TEC
and Fr. Anatoly Salawa National Communications Secretary TEC
