{"id":11,"date":"2025-05-16T15:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=11"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:50:35","slug":"pope-affirms-marriage-between-man-and-woman-dignity-of-unborn-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"“Pope Affirms Marriage Between Man and Woman, Dignity of Unborn Children”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As it turns out, Pope Leo XIV is Catholic.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S.-born pontiff delivered an address Friday to the Vatican diplomatic corps where he affirmed that marriage is between a man and a woman, and emphasized the dignity of unborn children and the elderly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies. This can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman, \u2018a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society,’\u201d Pope Leo XIV said<\/a>, with a reference to Pope Leo XIII\u2019s Rerum Novarum<\/a> <\/em>encyclical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn addition, no one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike,\u201d the Holy Father added, echoing his predecessor, the late Pope Francis. He also noted his own personal story as a descendant of immigrants who chose to emigrate to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In his speech to over 100 Vatican diplomats, Pope Leo XIV asserted that peace, justice, and truth are the \u201cthree essential words\u201d for understanding the Catholic Church\u2019s global missionary activity and diplomatic approach. He cited his own experience in North America, South America, and Europe in articulating his aspirational diplomatic vision for reaching people across all corners of the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt allows me to renew the Church\u2019s aspiration \u2014 and my own \u2014 to reach out and embrace all individuals and peoples on the Earth, who need and yearn for truth, justice and peace! In a certain sense, my own life experience, which has spanned North America, South America and Europe, has been marked by this aspiration to transcend borders in order to encounter different peoples and cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When discussing peace, Leo XIV expressed the need for religious freedom worldwide and the value of inter-religious dialogue in fostering peace. He described how peace begins internally with the heart, requiring us to work on ourselves and eliminate pride and vindictiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFrom a Christian perspective \u2013 but also in other religious traditions \u2013 peace is first and foremost a gift. It is the first gift of Christ: \u2018My peace I give to you\u2019 (Jn<\/em> 14:27). Yet it is an active and demanding gift,\u201d Pope Leo XIV said, referring to Christ\u2019s words to His disciples as chronicled by the Gospel of John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this regard, I believe that religions and interreligious dialogue can make a fundamental contribution to fostering a climate of peace. This naturally requires full respect for religious freedom in every country, since religious experience is an essential dimension of the human person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As it turns out, Pope Leo XIV is Catholic. The U.S.-born pontiff delivered an address Friday to the Vatican diplomatic corps where he affirmed that marriage is between a man and a woman, and emphasized the dignity of unborn children and the elderly. \u201cIt is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}