Friday, February 5, 2010

Catholic teaching is not a list of 'no's,' pope tells Scottish bishops

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church has a positive vision of human life, marriage and family which must not be presented as a list of things the church opposes, Pope Benedict XVI told the bishops of Scotland.

The church's "positive and inspiring vision of human life, the beauty of marriage and the joy of parenthood" are "rooted in God's infinite, transforming and ennobling love for all of us, which opens our eyes to recognize and love his image in our neighbor," the pope said.

"Be sure to present this teaching in such a way that it is recognized for the message of hope that it is," he told the bishops Feb. 5 as they were finishing their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses.

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