Pope Benedict XVI warns against cohabitating couples

(12 Jan. 2007) : Appealing to politicians on Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI told the administrators of the Latium region, and of the city and province of Rome that, a policy of the family and for the family is necessary, which implies recognizing the responsibilities that are proper to it. The Pontiff further said, “It is about increasing initiatives that can make the formation of a family, and then procreation and the education of children, less difficult and burdensome for young couples, favouring youth employment, containing the price of housing to the degree possible, and increasing the number of nursery schools and kindergartens." According to the Pontiff, those projects that seek to attribute to other forms of union improper to juridical recognition, weakening and destabilizing the legitimate family, based on marriage are dangerous and counterproductive.