Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before his Angelus prayer with people gathered in St Peter's Square at 12 noon on Sunday January 26, The Holy Father reminded those present that the Meeting for Families in Manila 25 and 26 January, had just come to an end. "The future of society passes by way of the family" he said and then asked: "But what sort of family are we talking about? Certainly not the false family built on individual selfishness. Experience shows that the "caricature" of the family has no future and it cannot offer a future to any society. The family is good news in as much as it welcomes the vocation given to it at the beginning of humanity. This original project for life is shared, through the grace of God, also by many non-Christian married couples. In this way today the family is a privileged path for dialogue between religions and cultures and therefore a path of reconciliation and peace". See text in Italian at www.fides.org (Fides Service 27/1/2003)