Leo XIV: The Martin Couple, a Christian Response to Ephemeral and Selfish Unions

In the message marking the tenth anniversary of the canonization of the parents of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, the Pope denounces the “counter-models of ephemeral, individualistic, and selfish unions, bearing bitter and disappointing fruits,” reaffirming that only faithful love between a man and a woman, open to life, leads to true happiness.