Synod on the Family
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Archbishop Chaput: Pope Francis shows continuity on divorce, remarriage
Pope Francis’ teaching on divorce-and-remarriage and the sacraments represents Catholic tradition and shows the way forward for engaging those who... Read more
Pope: Media missed the real family crisis in covering Communion, remarriage
Pope Francis has said that the family is in crisis, and that is a much bigger issue than Communion for... Read more
Full Text of Pope Francis' in-flight interview from Lesbos to Rome
Pope Francis on Saturday spoke with journalists about his visit with refugees at Lesbos and about the family crisis. Read more
US bishops: don't rush in reading, interpreting Pope's 'love letter' to families
The United States bishops are welcoming Pope Francis’s new apostolic exhortation, Amoris laetitia, praising the Pope’s call for careful encouragement... Read more
No doctrine change from Pope Francis – but a call for better pastoral care
Catholics who have divorced-and-remarried need the fullness of Church teaching. They also need a wise pastoral and community response to... Read more
Pope Francis' post-synod doc to be released April 8
The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis’ highly anticipated post-synodal apostolic exhortation on the gifts and challenges of family life... Read more
Pope Francis will speak on the synod soon. But the spin has already begun.
The war of interpretations has begun over Pope Francis’ yet-to-be-published post-synodal exhortation. And this war is taking place in the... Read more
Vatican official: Pope's post-synod doc will be released in March
Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on family life following last year's synod will be published in March, says Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia,... Read more
What Pope Francis' book could tell us about the upcoming synod doc
As things are picking up around the Vatican in the new year, anticipation is buzzing over the release of Pope... Read more
Here's what the US bishops were most impressed with at the Synod
Most bishops at the recent Synod on the Family agreed that the Church should minister to married couples long after... Read more
A caution from Archbishop Chaput: dishonest mercy helps no one
True mercy and trust in the transformative power of God’s grace are key to helping divorced-and-remarried Catholics, Archbishop Charles Chaput... Read more
Archbishop Kurtz on the best thing to come out of the synod
Families helping families – this may have been one of the greatest “fruits” to come from the Synod on the... Read more
Report on Pope Francis and divorce 'in no way reliable,' Vatican says
A Vatican spokesman entirely rejected the reliability of Italian journalist Antonio Scalfari’s report suggesting that Pope Francis said all divorced... Read more
Bishop Robert Barron to academics: debate Ross Douthat, don't dodge him
Bishop Robert Barron has weighed in amid a media controversy after the Synod on the Family, saying some academic critics... Read more
Walk alongside your people, Pope Francis tells bishops at synod's close
Pope Francis Sunday officially brought the Synod on the Family to a close at Mass in St. Peter’s, warning against... Read more
Final synod document strongly backs Church teaching, beauty of family life
With a two-thirds majority vote, the more than 200 bishops gathered for the Vatican's synod on the family supported Church... Read more
Pope Francis: Synod was about affirming family, indissoluble marriage
At the conclusion of the 2015 Synod on the Family, Pope Francis emphasized that the gathering had been about recognizing... Read more
Gay Catholic to Synod: Please protect teaching on homosexuality
With the pastoral care of homosexual persons on the agenda of the Synod on the Family, one man with same-sex... Read more
The problem of porn – are bishops talking about it?
It hasn't gotten a lot of media coverage so far, but the rampant affects of pornography on families worldwide has... Read more
The saint and the synod – John Paul II’s legacy still seen in Church teaching
Though it has been more than 10 years since the death of Pope John Paul II, the saint’s impact can... Read more
