CHARTER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE FAMILY
PRESENTED BY THE HOLY SEE
TO ALL PERSONS, INSTITUTIONS AND AUTHORITIES
CONCERNED WITH THE MISSION OF THE FAMILY IN TODAY'S WORLD
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October 22, 1983
B. the family is based on marriage, that intimate union of life in complementarity between a man and a woman which is constituted in the freely contracted and publicly expressed indissoluble bond of matrimony and is open to the transmission of life.
D. the family, a natural society, exists prior to the State or any other community, and possesses inherent rights which are inalienable
I. society, and in a particular manner the State and International Organizations, must protect the family through measures of a political, economic, social and juridical character, which aim at consolidating the unity and stability of the family so that it can exercise its specific function
J. the rights, the fundamental needs, the well-being and the values of the family, even though they are progressively safeguarded in some cases, are often ignored and not rarely undermined by laws, institutions and socio-economic programs
Article 6
b) Divorce attacks the very institution of marriage and of the family.
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