BALTIMORE (MD)
Catholic Sentinel
Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE — The U.S. bishops this week approved the development of a pastoral statement on the dangers pornography poses to family life that would serve as a teaching tool for church leaders.
On Day Two of their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore, the bishops voted 226 to 5 to allow the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth to develop the statement.
Developing such a statement falls in line with an objective of the U.S. Conference of catholic Bishops’ 2013-16 strategic plan to address pornography and its dangerous effects on family life.
The committee planned to bring a draft to the bishops in 2015. It would be the first formal statement on pornography issued by the bishops as a body.
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