Contenidos del V Encuentro Mundial de las Familias

The entire visit of Pope Benedict XVI step by step. Download the Holy Father’s speeches during his visit to Valencia. See speeches

SLMFs are short but powerful texts that capture the essence of what the Magisterium of the Church teaches about human sexuality, love, marriage and the family. They are available for you in the Contents section, through the programs Magíster and Sources of Strength.

They have also been turned into a range of multimedia products which you will find in the other sections. Take part in the 5th World Meeting of Families today by sending them on to as many people as you can.

To see, to discern, the truth of love, marriage and the family, you need clear vision and sincere intentions.

Discover the texts and commentaries for yourself, and pass on the messages in each document.

The family is not a monarchy or a democracy or a dictatorship; the family unit is not a political or economic one; it is not a scientific invention or a work of art. The rules of other fields of human experience and endeavor cannot be applied directly to the family.

MONSEÑOR SEBASTIÁN

“Children are the greatest gift that God can give you. Children are progress, the future of humanity, they are life itself."

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EDUARDO ORTIZ
Dean of the School of Sociology and the Humanities.
Catholic University of Valencia, “San Vicente Mártir”

The experience of love within the family reveals the way God loves us. God gave the family this loving nature.

JOSÉ ALFREDO PERIS CANCIO
Rector of the Catholic University of Valencia, “San Vicente Mártir”.

The world would be a different place if every family were as it ought to be.

Mª DOLORES GRAU SEVILLA
Professor of Psychology. Catholic University of Valencia

The State cannot give you love. Your family can, because it is an intimate community of love, of life shared with real people of your own flesh and blood.