EXPERIENCES AND

CHALLENGES OF FAMILIES
Pope Francis
Amoris Laetitia
 REALITIES
Culture of the Ephemeral
The speed with which people move from one affective relationship
to another
We treat affective relationships the way we treat objects and the
environment: everything is disposable!

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CULTURAL TENDENCIES TO SET NO LIMITS
ON A PERSONS AFFECTIVITY

A NARCISSISTIC, UNSTABLE OR UNCHANGEABLE

AFFECTIVITY DOES NOT ALWAYS ALLOW A PERSON TO
GROW IN MATURITY.

CRISIS IN A COUPLES RELATIONSHIP DESTABILIZES

THE FAMILY AND MAY LEAD, THROUGH
SEPARATION AND DIVORCE, TO SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES FOR ADULTS, CHILDREN AND
SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, WEAKENING ITS
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The spread of pornography and the
commercialization of the body brought
about by misuse of the internet, and
those people who were forced into
prostitution.

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Mentality against having
children resulting to decline in
population promoted by world
politics and reproductive health.

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 Weakening of faith and
religious practices in some
societies has an effect on
families leaving them more
isolated amid their difficulties.

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Lack of dignified or affordable housing leads
to postponement of formal relationships.
Present day economic situation is keeping
people from participating in societiesmore
workdays are long and oftentimes made more
burdensome by extended periods away from
home.

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 A great number of children are born
outside of wedlock, many of whom
subsequently grow up with just one of
their parents or in a blended or
reconstituted family.

Sexual exploitation of children

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 Migration is another sign of the
times to be faced and
understood in terms of its
negative effects on family life.

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CHALLENGES FACING FAMILIES
 Families of persons with special needs

Care for the elderly

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FAMILIES LIVING IN DIRE POVERTY AND
GREAT LIMITATIONS
DUE TO THE NEED TO WORK, PARENTS COME
HOME EXHAUSTED, NOT WANTING TO TALK, AND
MANY FAMILIES NO LONGER EVEN SHARE A
COMMON MEAL.

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Drug use as one of the scourges of our
time, causing immense suffering and even
break-up for many families.

Alcoholism, gambling and other addictions

Violence within families breeds new form of
social aggression
Violence within the family is a breeding ground
of resentment and hatred in the most basic
human relationship.

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 Some societies still maintain the practice of
polygamyin various countries, legislation facilitates a
growing variety of alternatives to marriage.

The strength of the family lies in its capacity to love

and to teach how to love. For all a familys problems,
it can always grow, beginning with love.

Discrimination and violence against women.

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Absentee Fathers
The absence of a father gravely affects family
life and the upbringing of children and their
integration into society.
This absence, which maybe be physical,
emotional, psychological, and spiritual
deprives children of a suitable father figure.

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 Various forms of an ideology of gender that denies the
difference and reciprocity in nature of a man and a
woman and envisages a society without sexual
differences, thereby eliminating the anthropological basis
of the family.
Promotion of a personal identity and emotional intimacy
radically separated from the biological difference
between male and female.
Biological sex and the socio-cultural role of sex (gender)
can be distinguished but not separated.

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