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The [head / header] of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis has [issuance / issued] a stern warning to fathers who work long hours. He criticised workaholic dads [for / from] being 'symbolically absent' from their families, and of [effectively / effective] making their children 'orphans'. The Pope was speaking to a congregation at the Vatican on Wednesday when he [made / did] his plea for fathers to spend [more / most] time with their children and get more [involving / involved] in family life. He told worshippers that the [absent / absence] of fathers in the family is one [by / of] the reasons that children experience problems growing up. He said fathers who focused [very / too] much on their jobs was one of the causes of "deviances of children and adolescents".

Pope Francis said this problem of fathers being [obsession / obsessed] with their jobs and not [spending / spends] quality time with their family was particularly [prevalence / prevalent] in Europe and North America. He said: "Fathers are so focused [in / on] themselves, on their work, and at times their personal fulfillment, that they [ever / even] forget their families, leaving children and the young to their own [device / devices] ." He added: "The feeling of orphanhood experienced [by / so] many young people is more profound than we might [thought / think] . They are orphans in their families because their fathers are often absent from the home, but also, and above all, because when they are [presented / present] , they do not act like fathers." He warned that fatherless families are being accepted [as / has] the norm.