De facto unions, the number of which is progressively increasing, are based on a false conception of an individual’s freedom to choose and on a completely individualistic vision of marriage and family.

The Book of Exodus speaks to us of the people’s journey through the desert. We can imagine them as they walked, led by Moses; they were families: fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, grandparents, men and women of all ages, accompanied by many children and the elderly who struggled to make the journey.