Pope seeks to promote marriage, family life

(CNS) — Today more than ever, Christian families need to pay witness to and promote the irreplaceable value of life and the family based on marriage between a man and a woman, Pope Benedict XVI said. "The best service that we Christians can offer today’s society," the pope said, is being "people who are free and rich with human and Gospel values and who are on a journey toward holiness."

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