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In the realm of philosophy, ... it is extraordinary how much weight is attached to fashion in a province where the mind ought to be free and independent, anxious only to arrive at the truth, and bowing to the authority of none but proved masters.

— Pope Paul VI

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If evils increase, the devotion of the People of God should also increase.

Married love is also faithful and exclusive of all other, and this until death.

The fascination of worldly life today is very powerful indeed, and many people regard conformity to it as an inescapable and indeed a wise course to take.

The family is, so to speak, the domestic church. In it parents should, by their word and example, be the first preachers of the faith to their children.

Lumen gentium (1964)

With regard to man's innate drives and emotions, responsible parenthood means that man's reason and will must exert control over them.

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