St. John XXIII believed the family is the “cell” of society

The family has a large role to play in the Catholic Church, but St. John XXIII believed that the family was needed for the functioning of all humanity. He wrote about this belief in his encyclical Pacem in Terris. The family, founded upon marriage freely contracted, one and indissoluble, must be regarded as the natural, […]

St. John XXIII believed the family is the “cell” of society