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May This Colloquium Be An Inspiration To All Who Seek To Support And Strengthen The Union Of Man And Woman In Marriage As A Unique, Natural, Fundamental And Beautiful Good For Persons, Families, Communities, And Whole Societies.

The Times Talk To Us Of So Much Poverty In The World And This Is A Scandal. Poverty In The World Is A Scandal. In A World Where There Is So Much Wealth, So Many Resources To Feed Everyone, It Is Unfathomable That There Are So Many Hungry Children, That There Are So Many Children Without An Education, So Many Poor Persons. Poverty Today Is A Cry.

Suffering Is A Call To Conversion: It Reminds Us Of Our Frailty And Vulnerability.

We Must Not Be Afraid Of Solidarity; Rather Let Us Make All We Have And Are Available To God.

Children Are To Be Welcomed, Cherished, Protected.