A relationship that open new horizons

Monseigneur Giampaolo Dianin, bishop

The modern-day family has often been defined as “nuclear” because it is made up, in most cases, of a married couple and one or two children. Many of these small nuclei find themselves living in cities, in apartments of a few square meters that seem to guard and protect, but also compress and privatize this small community of love. Pope Francis often invites us to open new horizons: “The nuclear family needs to interact with the wider family made up of parents, aunts and uncles, cousins and even neighbourn. (AL 187); the Pope underlines that “This extended family may have members who require assistance, or at least companionship and affection, or consolation amid suffering”... (continue)

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