AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Meru: "Fight for a culture that promotes family and life"

Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Family is an image of the Holy Trinity that signifies the love of God for humanity. As a visible sign of this love, the family becomes the venue per excellence for the transmission of life, faith and training in values and virtues", said Mgr. Salesius Mugambi, Bishop of Meru and President of the National Family Life Program of the Episcopal Conference of Kenya, in his address to the national family life, held in Mombasa yesterday, September 2.
According to a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, Mgr. Mugambi urged Catholic movements and people of good will not to succumb before the pressures of a culture that undermines the family, but to work for a culture that promotes life. The Bishop hopes that the State will promote laws and institutions to support and defend the rights and duties of the family.
Several families, Catholic and non, benefit from the family training program offered by the Kenyan Church. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 03/09/2015)