CCC 2221 The fecundity of conjugal love cannot be reduced solely to the procreation of children, but must extend to their moral education and their spiritual formation. “The role of parents in education is of such importance that it is almost impossible to provide an adequate substitute.”¹ The right and the duty of parents to educate their children are primordial and inalienable.²

1 GE 3.
2 Cf. FC 36.