Pope told youth to eschew premarital sex · 2007-05-11 16:16
Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday urged Latin America's youth to lead lives of prayer and faith and to resist "the snares of evil" that deprive them of true Christian happiness.
The pope told his youthful audience to eschew premarital sex, remain monogamous in marriage, care for the elderly and serve as examples of Christian conduct in social and professional relationships, Los Angeles Times informs.
"Be men and women who are free and responsible. Make the family a center that radiates peace and joy. Be promoters of life, from its beginning to its natural end,"_ he said.
"Above all, have great respect for the institution of the sacrament of matrimony??¦. Build your future hopes upon chastity."_
The encounter featured some of the more energetic, folkloric elements associated with the church here ??“ and less common in the more subdued formalities of Rome
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