Card. Caffarra: "The family is the place where the power of this world clashes with the voice of God."

Pope Benedict XVI embraces Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of Bologna, Italy,
during a visit to the church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in June 2012.

On the Feast of the Holy Family, December 29, 2013, the Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra delivered a homily defending the family against attacks and from laws "issued on the basis of fashionable trends". The following translation is by Italian journalist and CWR contributor Alessandra Nucci:

"May God keep us from fearing decrees or laws that are issued on the spur of fashionable trends"  

…The Gospel shows us what the situation of the family is even today. 

The family is the place where the power of this world clashes with the voice of God. 

And where does this confrontation take place? First of all, in the heart and conscience of every man and every woman. It is here that the voice of God rings out; it is in the heart that God's divine project for marriage and the family is written.  (more...)

Card. Caffarra: "The family is the place where the power of this world clashes with the voice of God."