Second Millennium Councils

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Vatican II, Gaudium Et Spes: On the Church in the Modern World (October 7, 1965)

• Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Roles of Men and Women | §52

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(§52)

The family is a kind of school of deeper humanity. But if it is to achieve the full flowering of its life and mission, it needs the kindly communion of minds and the joint deliberation of spouses, as well as the painstaking cooperation of parents in the education of their children. The active presence of the father is highly beneficial to their formation. The children, especially the younger among them, need the care of their mother at home. This domestic role of hers must be safely preserved, though the legitimate social progress of women should not be underrated on that account.