"It is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. How essential the family has been to the building of this country! And how worthy it remains of our support and encouragement! "Yet I cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. Fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life."
Pope Francis, address to joint session of United States Congress, 9/24/15
The spirit of Francis' words are echoed in two new videos released by "Michigan Celebrates Marriage" a joint effort of the Michigan Catholic Conference, and the Catholic Dioceses of Michigan: