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The international, inter-religious Vatican conference was an effort to support and re-invigorate marriage and family life. An unprecedented number of people, up to 30 percent in some Asian countries, have declined to have children and often to marry. Dave McCann discussed the conference with Deseret News editor Paul Edwards, who attended.
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Pope Francis said male-female complementarity is essential to marriage and cannot be revised by contemporary ideologies. Here is a video clip about that produced by the Vatican.
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The conference was officially known as Humanum: An International Inter-religious Colloquium on the Complementarity of Man and Woman. Paul Edwards explains how some of the various speakers address that theme of complementarity.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints brought a unique perspective to the conference. Carol Mikita reports on the message shared by President Henry B. Eyring.
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Another point made at the Humanum focused on how marriage helps with hardship and creates economic equality. Paul Edwards discussed that with Dave McCann.
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Reverend Eugene Rivers and his wife Dr. Jacqueline Cooke-Rivers participated in a video produced for the conference that demonstrates the power of marriage during hardship. This is an excerpt.
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The Rivers were given the honor of formally closing the conference by jointly presenting to the participants a document called "A New Affirmation on Marriage." This is an excerpt.
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The goal now is to create an international movement to protect marriage. Princeton University Professor Robert George explains how he hopes that happens.