Catechism of the Catholic Church
Paragraph 1664
Unity, indissolubility, and openness to fertility are essential to marriage. Polygamy is incompatible with the unity of marriage; divorce separates what God has joined together; the refusal of fertility turns married life away from its "supreme gift," the child (GS 50 1).
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Magisterial citations
- Gaudium et Spes·§50
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