
Pope Francis blesses the womb of a pregnant woman during an audience with members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation at the Vatican on April 28. In speaking to members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the pope said families play an important role in a society’s development when ideologies are not imposed upon them. CNS photo/Vatican Media
Ideology obstructs beauty of family, pope says
‘It is inscribed in the very nature of woman and man’