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Catechism› 3.Life in ChristPart 3› 2.The Ten CommandmentsSection 2› 2.You Shall Love Your Neighbor as YourselfChapter 2› 6.The Sixth CommandmentArt. 6› III.The Love of Husband and WifeIII.› The gift of a child

CCC 2374

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Couples who discover that they are sterile suffer greatly. "What will you give me," asks Abraham of God, "for I continue childless?" Gen 15:2. and Rachel cries to her husband Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die!" Gen 30:1.

In the Compendium: Q499

Read the full chapter 2. You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself ¶2196–2557

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