https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2019.52-53-54.2-3-4.03
Is it allowed or is it worthwhile to redefine the concept of family in Catholic social science? The question posed in this way by the author of the article was provoked by the reading of another article, published under the meaningful title: New Rector of the John Paul II Institute in Rome: you need to rethink the definition of the family. In this context, another publication, ie by Dariusz Dańkowski, entitled Time for Catholic Social Science. It states that Catholic social science in Poland is fallow. The keystone of the analysis undertaken by the author of this article is therefore the traditional doctrine of the Church, in which Pope John Paul II excelled. It refers to the content that the family is the union of a man and a woman in their act of conception and giving birth to children. It is a reflection (as well as a symbol) of the Covenant that God made with man.
Due to social changes and human dramas brought about by life, the concept of a nuclear family, extended family, broken family, foster family, educationally ineffective, etc., is known, but all these terms are the core of a woman and a man who, by giving birth to a child, enter into special and unique relationships with each other. The magisterium of the Church also indicates that the sacramental marriage union traditionally in the Catholic Church precedes the formation of a family. All because giving birth to a child creates an enormous range of duties for his parents, i.e. father and mother. It seems that any attempt, motivated by social, cultural and religious changes (homosexual campaign, etc.), cannot destroy this order. It reaches back to human logic and natural law.
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