The Position of the Priest Father Regarding Family Disputes
The Position of the Priest Father Regarding Family Disputes
His position should be completely neutral.
He should not join one side against the other. Nor should one of the spouses feel his love and fatherhood while the other feels hostility.
He should not turn himself into a party in a conflict, thus losing the love of the other party.
The priest is a father, and a father to all.
His position toward the party at fault is sincere advice, enlightening him about his mistake and what follows the mistake in terms of bad consequences.
But he does not take an adversarial stance against him, nor does he send a letter against him to the court, nor testify against him in court.
His work is to reconcile as much as he can and to pray for both parties, not to oppose one of them.
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