The families of Eastern-rite Catholic priests give an important witness to what is healthy and wonderful about family life, Pope Francis said.
Speaking to laypeople, clergy and religious of the Slovak Catholic Church – a Byzantine-rite church that has maintained its tradition of ordaining both celibate and married men – the Pope said, "the families of priests live a unique mission today."
"When the very model of the family is called into question, if not attacked outright, you offer a healthy and exemplary testimony of life," he said in his talk on October 6.
