LAUTOKA (FIJI)
Fiji Sun Online
January 2, 2018
By Charles Chambers
Family values should become the main focus of everyone in Fiji in for 2018.
These values have become so eroded that it could be blamed for the breakdown of respect within families, the abuses, both physical and sexual, the increased number of youths into drugs and the discarding of the elderly to care homes.
In this modern day and age, one must explore what are some of the main reasons for the breakdown in family life.
The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, in one of his documents pointed a finger at social media and the internet which he said contributed greatly to this.
The 79-year-old pontiff explored the way technology affected relationships, such as when people stay on their mobile phones during meal times.
He said the fast pace of the online world was affecting people’s approach to relationships.
“They believe, along the lines of social networks, that love can be connected or disconnected at the whim of the consumer, and the relationship quickly ‘blocked’.”
Pope Francis offered support for women, condemning the “verbal, physical and sexual violence” that many endure in marriages and rejecting “sexual submission” to men.
He said the belief that feminism was to blame for the crisis in families today was completely invalid.
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