Kołkiewicz, Adam (Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, 2008)
Since informal relationships pose a serious challenge for the Catholic concept of marriage, it is vital to identify the problem and to be able to confront it with a sacramental marriage as the foundation of Christian family. In the contemporary, open and democratic society we can’t allow public authorities to institutionalize informal relationships through granting them a status equal to a marriage or a family. Nor can we allow for making them equal to a family based on marriage. Consequently, today’s world assigns priests an enormous task to adequately prepare young people for adult life.
