The family forms the basic unit in
society from which cultures and societies develop.
From New Testament days, the Church holds the
Christian family as the most basic unit of church
life. It “constitutes a specific revelation of and
realization of ecclesial communion, and for this
reason it can and should be called a domestic church”
(Catechism of the Catholic Church 2204.) In
other words, the Christian family – in all its myriad
forms – is the Church at home.
