1. The Family Natural Entity based on Marriage

2. Marriage Necessary complementary Type of friendship involved / love Love, stability and maturity Reciprocity assumed personally and publicly Special nature of the resulting relationship of collaboration in good living

3. Masculinity and Feminine dimensions. Not just bodily differences but also character and identity Division of natural functions Personal and social growth requires respect of both dimensions Communion in marriage

4. Can we then classify the following as natural marriages Come we stay Single parent families Gay unions Polygamy

5. Definition of Marriage A freely taken marital union called a conjugal union Between a man and a woman Legitimate persons For an indivisible community of life Basis of the principle of indissolubility.

6. A World that does not encourage men to be more masculine and women to be more feminine may be lacking in true human richness which is supposed to lead human beings to their true end.

7. The Family This is the result of the marital bond It is the intimate collaboration between man and woman Arising from a free decision Members are: The father, the mother, children arising from the union and the extended family.

8. Is the Family in Crisis Growth of improper marriages Increase of contraception and decline of birth rates and abortion “Come-we-stay” Divorce Sexual criminality Aging population

9. Case of Pre Marital Relations Loss of the meaning of marriage Simplification of man-woman union Being able to do vs what ought to be done Lack of cultural formation Juridical ways out Consumer literature and Web access to sexual immorality

10. Last Considerations The case of the family involves responsible parenthood Fatherhood and Motherhood Education of the children Rights of the family and the role of government Principle of subsidiarity