Burke appeared out of step with the current pontificate.
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Francis: Annulments should be cheaper and more efficient
‘Some procedures are so long and so burdensome…people give up.’
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Vatican to host conference on traditional marriage
The interreligious Vatican-sponsored gathering will take place Nov. 17-19.
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Did Pope Francis get what he wanted from the synod?
Since the end of the Oct 5-19 Synod of Bishops on the family news outlets have portrayed the outcome as a quot setback quot or quot loss quot for Pope Francis mdash even a quot rebuke quot to him Journalists have pointed to the absence in the synod 39 s final report of an earlier version
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Pope urges struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty : ‘The poor no longer wait, they seek to be protagonists’
‘The poor no longer wait, they seek to be protagonists’
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Pope Francis calls for Abolishing Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment: Also rebukes governments that kidnap people for “illegal transportation to detention centers in which torture is practiced.’
Pope Francis called for abolition of the death penalty as well as life imprisonment, and denounced what he called a "penal populism" that promises to solve society's problems by punishing crime instead of pursuing social justice."It is impossible to imagine that states today canno
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Archbishop Kurtz Urges More Transparency at 2015 Family Synod
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, said the October 2015 world Synod of Bishops on the family should return to the practice of previous synods in publishing participants' interventions, for the benefit of their discussions and the information of the outside world.The archbishop,
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Pope Beatifies Blessed Paul VI
Beatifying Blessed Paul VI at the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis praised the late pope as the "great helmsman" of the Second Vatican Council and founder of the synod, as well as a "humble and prophetic witness of love for Christ and his churc
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Synod Ends by Affirming Tradition: Leaves controversial questions open
After several days of animated debate over its official midterm report, the Synod of Bishops on the family agreed on a final document more clearly grounded in traditional Catholic teaching. Yet the assembly failed to reach consensus on especially controversial questions of Communion for the divorced
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A Message of Encouragement from the Synod Fathers
On its last day of business the Synod of Bishops on the family approved and released a three-page message expressing solidarity with Christian families around the world The message released Oct 18 is distinct from the synod 39 s final report which the assembly was scheduled to vote on later th