The pope warns that children of divorced couples can become

The pope denounced the situation that many children find themselves in as a result of their parents being divorced, and he said that even though the Church may understand people that remarry, its still a dangerous situation for children.

He said that the majority of those who feel orphaned are not children without parents but children with a surplus of parents.


The pope made his remarks during a meeting with Brazilian bishops who were in Rome visiting the departments of the Vatican as they do every five years.

Benedict XVI
(original Portuguese)
There are forces and people in society that seem to be dedicated to demolish the family, natural cradle of human life.


To resolve the issue, he asked families to not be fooled by false life models promoted through films and television. He also encouraged all to know forgiveness, help children that suffer, and introduce love and beauty to the life of others.

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[mammyoriordan]

In a world that has been fragmented by nonsense, B16 brings a bit of "common sense" to guide us. - Blessings - Rene

[TenderTrap86]

@marcohorowitz8 Ok, first of all, how are you sure the Pope is sexually dysfuntional? I think this is just a really pathetic attempt to be cute. Also, the Pope had never even been accused by anybody of being a pedophile, besides the obvious losers on the internet. And, how do you know Papa Ratzinger is a virgin?

The Catholic Church believes in free will. The Pope isn't demanding families be this way, but rather considers that what is known as "traditional family life", to be the will of God.

[cloudsurfer007]

The pope needs to encourage divorced couples to work together for the benefit of their children. He also needs to rethink what marriage is. The model he advocates no longer exists.

[theluellen]

Divorce never gets better for the children, never unless there is abuse. If there is abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse then get out immediately.

[xaralamb1]

@theluellen I agree. Thank god my husband and i try to resolved our differences lowering our ego's and selfishness for the sake of our child.

[marcohorowitz8]

@TenderTrap86 no excuses for prejudice, sexism and homophobia. You've had your time, messed it up, now it's time for Reason. The Pope has always protected pedophiles within the vatican, you read the famous ''Magna Carta'', then we can talk properly, you are clearly ignorant about it. You will see that it's not us that are the losers!

[marcohorowitz8]

How come a sexually disfunctional elder pedophile virgin can tell couples how to raise their families??

[theluellen]

when the parents divorce, the father goes one way and the mother goes another way, splitting up the family. The child or children are then left unprotected and more apt to child molesters.

[eleminatus]

@theluellen children abuse is not caused by divorced. Its caused by molesters! If a a mother or father cant properly take care of their child in the first place, its no matter if they are married or divorced. They gonna do same mistakes in any case. Granted, its a bad family model for children. But taking into account other issues, it really appears milder. Besides, its not what you show the child that matters, its what you teach!

[eleminatus]

complete and utter crap! Divorce does effect children, but not to the presented extent. I would rather trust a psychologist then people who base their life on 3000 year book and believe in magic. Its like saying that gay couples can bring up only gay children. There are normal children with divorced parents and crazy children with married parents. There are many more factors involved. And come on, person who says condoms are evil lectures on how to raise kids?! really?!

[theluellen]

children of divorced parents, not withstanding divorce from an abusive relationship are more vunerable to being sexually molested. They are often pushed aside when the mother goes on to her new relationship. Many times children are abuse by the step parent. Divorce is very bad and then to make it worse, many people go on to divorce again and there is no stability in the family.