declaring<\/a> the truth that \u201cthe\nfamily [is] a universal community based on the marital union of a man and a\nwoman,\u201d and \u201cis the bedrock of society, the strength of our nations, and the\nhope of humanity,\u201d being \u201cthe fountain and cradle of new life, the natural\nrefuge for children, and the first and foremost school to teach the values\nnecessary for the well-being of children and society.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe attack on these foundational truths is part of what sociologist Gabriele Kuby calls \u201cthe global sexual revolution\u201d that masquerades under the name of rights but actually undermines the rights of the family, resulting in \u201cthe destruction of freedom in the name of freedom.\u201d Everyone is affected, explains Kuby, as the revolution \u201creaches into every home and heart. There is no neutral territory to which we can escape. This revolution increases its speed and the fierceness of its attack on democratic freedoms from one day to the next,\u201d threatening \u201cour personal existence and the future of society.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two days before the Secretary-General\u2019s remarks, another world leader spoke of the COVID-19 crisis. With the world \u201cnow oppressed by a pandemic severely testing our whole human family,\u201d said Pope Francis in his Easter address, \u201cthis is not a time for indifference\u2026. This is not a time for forgetfulness\u2026. This is not a time for self-centeredness.\u201d Instead, the pontiff urged, this is a time for working together in hope, inasmuch as Christ\u2019s resurrection offers humanity \u201ca different \u2018contagion,\u2019 a message transmitted from heart to heart\u2026 It is the contagion of hope.\u201d We at IOF join with Christians everywhere in sharing that contagion of hope, even as we seek to bring hope to the world\u2019s children through our work to protect and promote their natural refuge, the family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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