The prelates attending the Synod of Bishops on the Family are tackling the issue of human sexuality and the “disastrous effects” of poor sex education.
According to CNA/EWTN News, human sexuality in general is being widely discussed at the Synod with several participants highlighting the vast number of problems originating from the poor sex education being offered in many countries today.
On Friday, Father Thomas Rosica and Father Manuel Dorantes summarized the reports given by delegates on the topic of sexuality which indicate that the Church must become more involved in the area of sex education if it wants to impart its message about the beautiful purpose of human sexuality.
Father Rosica said many delegates spoke about “the disastrous effects and results of very poor sex education programs in many countries, which are then transmitted through books, and then manuals and media.”
The Church is therefore “a mother and teacher of love who really has to be involved in the passing on of information on human sexuality.”
Fr. Dorantes said that the Spanish-speaking reports echoed the same problem and called for the Church to place a greater emphasis on sexual education by weighing in on the topic in a very clear way since the current sex education is often “negative and distorted.”
“Many parents of families don’t speak about the beauty of sexuality with their own children, leaving this responsibility to public entities,” he said.
“The Church still hasn’t entered this area, presenting the Good News of human sexuality as a path of love, and not as a path of sin.”
Emphasis was also placed on the need to deepen the teachings of Bl. Pope Paul VI’s historic encyclical Humanae Vitae and the strength of the marriage bond, CNA reports.
Also discussed was violence, incest and sexual abuse within the family along with the Church’s role in bringing light to these difficult situations.
One of the synod bishops specifically referred to “the martyrdom of silence in many families where incest has taken place.”
He said that in the midst of the horror of such situations, the Church “has to become the voice and give voice to the martyrs, those who have suffered the terrible evil of incest.”
Today marks the beginning of the third and final week of the Synod which will conclude on Sunday, October 25, at a concelebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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