Open Letter to Vatican Family Synod: Support marriage, support children

The Synod on the Family, convened by Pope Francis,

 begins in Rome this coming weekend.

The Synod will look at the totality of the Church's teaching on marriage and the family, the challenges facing the family in various parts of the world, and what the Church can do to help families and better communicate its teachings on this vital matter.

An open letter on the state of the family, signed by marriage experts and marriage advocates all over the world, has been sent to the members of the Synod.

The Irish signatories are David Quinn and Iona Institute patron, Fr Vincent Twomey.

Other signatories include Professor Robert George of Princeton University and Professor Mary-Ann Glendon of Harvard University.

The essential message of the letter is that children need marriage and children need their mothers and fathers to raise them together.

The letter in full is as follows:

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