Warsaw
Declaration Issued by World Congress of Families
Sets forth basic pro-family
principles
May 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- At its closing session, the
3,000-plus delegates to World Congress of Families IV (Warsaw, May 11-13)
endorsed the Warsaw Declaration - a pro-family credo for the 21st century.
With the family under attack in Europe, the United States and
elsewhere, delegates felt the urgent need to set forth basic principles for the
international pro-family movement.
The Declaration notes that, "The natural family, creation of
God, is the fundamental human community, based on the life-long marriage between
a man and a woman, in which new individuals are conceived, born and raised."
In the words of the Declaration: "Such families bring to the
world today:
Faithfulness to the Divine truth versus relativism;
Real love,
being the complete and impartial gift of oneself, versus hedonism;
Faithfulness in love throughout life, versus lack of responsibility toward
those closest to us;
Respect for
the life of every human being from conception to natural death, versus
discrimination against and extermination of the weakest;
Joyful
responsibility for every child-to-be, versus fear of the child expressed in
the contraceptive mentality;
A moral
community in which young generations can grow, versus false ideologies
propagating demoralization;
And, last
but not least, the 'springtime' of a civilization of love and life, versus
'demographic winter.'"
The Declaration issued a number of calls, including for:
"Churches
and other religious communities to proclaim the truth about life, marriage,
and the family .…"
"Governing
and political bodies to mainstream the family in public policy as a
fundamental and inalienable social good, in order to serve their own
nations."
"Health
professionals to uphold freedom of conscience and to faithfully safeguard
human life, especially when it is weakest and most threatened."
"Young
people to seek wisdom, to choose life, to preserve their hearts and body,
and to grow with a focus on truth and faithful love."
World Congress of Families International Secretary Allan
Carlson noted that, "The Warsaw Declaration does not contain specific policy
recommendations but instead offers a broad vision of the natural family as 'the
fundamental human community' and creates a framework for pro-family activism."
The complete Warsaw Declaration may be found
here.
