CCC 2204 “The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion, and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church.”1 It is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is evident in the New Testament.2
1 FC 21; cf. LG 11.
2 Cf. Eph 5:21b: 4; Col 3:18-21; 1 Pet 3:1-7.