Traditional family key to world peace: Pope

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Source: Reuters

Traditional family key to world peace: Pope
Tue Jan 1, 2008 7:01am EST

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict ushered in the
third New Year of his pontificate on Tuesday with a call
for the protection of the traditional family, which he
said was vital for world peace.

The Pontiff, in an apparent swipe at gay marriage,
criticized policies that undermine the traditional family
unit based on a union between a man and a woman.

"I wanted to shed light on the direct relationship that
exists between the family and peace in the world," the
Pope said, in his first public address of 2008.

"The family is the primary agent of peace and the
negation or even the restriction of rights of the family
... threatens the very foundations of peace."

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