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The Vatican opens to separation, but only as a last resort

“The Church must never lack the courage to propose the precious virtue of chastity, even though this is now in direct contrast with the common mentality”. The new document of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Catechumenal itineraries for married lifespeaks of young spouses, but also opens a chapter on separation.

According to the document «the chastity it must be presented as an authentic “ally of love”, not as its negation. Indeed, it is the privileged way to learn to respect the individuality and dignity of the other, without subordinating him to one’s own desires. Chastity teaches the times and ways of true, delicate and generous love, and prepares for the authentic gift of oneself to be lived then for the whole life in marriage “. In the text it is specified that it is also valid when we find ourselves talking to cohabiting couples. The bride and groom are advised to keep a marriage diary.

“The pathways of education to affectivity and sexuality … should not be limited to just the horizon of love tout court, since this, in the dominant cultural interpretation, is mainly understood as romantic love, but must be included in a clear conjugal vision of love, understood as the reciprocal self-giving of the spouses, as knowing how to love and knowing how to let oneself be loved, as a mutual exchange of affection and unconditional acceptance, as knowing how to rejoice and knowing how to suffer for the other “. We speak clearly of paths to affectivity and dedicated projects including Christian-inspired counseling centers. This already in adolescence and in puberty.

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Pope Bergoglio then turns to couples who have experienced the failure of their marriage. “Despite all the support the Church can offer to couples in crisis, there are, however, situations where separation is inevitable. Sometimes it can even become morally necessary“. The cases are evidently those of violence “when it comes to removing the weakest spouse, or small children, from the most serious wounds caused by bullying, degradation and exploitation, strangeness and indifference”. The separation must however be considered as ” extreme remedyafter any other reasonable attempt has proved in vain ».

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