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Vatican City, Nov 19, 2012 \/ 01:55 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- As France\u2019s Socialist government pushes to legalize \u201cgay marriage,\u201d Catholics must continue to strongly and consistently bear witness to the teachings of Christ, Pope Benedict XVI said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn society's key debates, the voice of the Church must make itself heard ceaselessly and with determination,\u201d he said, praising the \u201crich Christian history\u201d of France, which \u201ccannot be ignored or diminished.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict made his remarks in a Nov. 17 address to a group of French bishops on their ad limina visit to Rome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tHis address came as the French president Francois Hollande\u2019s Cabinet continues to push ahead with legislation that would legalize \u201cgay marriage\u201d and allow same-sex couples to adopt in early 2013.<\/p>\n

\tOn Nov. 18, the day after the Pope addressed the bishops, around 100,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Paris to show their support for traditional marriage.<\/p>\n

\tIn his remarks to the French bishops, Pope Benedict said that Catholics must adhere to the faith and maintain \u201cfull respect for the French tradition regarding the distinction between the respective spheres of competence of Church and State.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tSuch a balance gives \u201cspecial reassurance\u201d that the Church is \u201cnot merely a religious identity that demands to be respected,\u201d but an entity that \u201ccarries the wisdom that permits us to provide concrete answers to the pressing and sometimes troubling questions of our times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThose in public service, the Pope said, \u201cbear special responsibility\u201d to uphold their faith in a way that is \u201cdevoid of arrogance\u201d and done \u201cwith respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe also urged politicians and the bishops to be wary of any legislation that \u201cthreatens marriage between a man and a woman, the protection of life from conception to death, and the correct guidance of bioethics in harmony with magisterial documents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope praised the Catholic and non-Catholic intellectuals of France who \u201care aware of the enormous challenges of our age, where the Christian message is an irreplaceable point of reference.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe debates society is having need \u201cthe indispensable word of truth\u201d which ultimately \u201cfrees our hearts and opens them to hope,\u201d the Pope stated.<\/p>\n

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