Over the past few days, the 270 synod fathers and other participants have discussed part 2 of the working document (“Instrumentum Laboris”), which deals with “The Discernment of the Family Vocation.”
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s senior Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
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Dolan explains origins of letter sent to Pope Francis by 13 concerned cardinals
“I’d forgotten about it, and I didn’t think it was controversial at all,” Cardinal Dolan said.
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Lombardi: Publishing the letter from 13 cardinals to the Pope was “an act of disturbance”
The publication of the letter from thirteen cardinals to Pope Francis on October 11 by the Italian expert on Vatican affairs Sandro Magister continued to be at the center of discussion in Rome today with various declarations from cardinals and much speculation as to the motive why it was leaked a
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Thirteen cardinals, including Dolan and Di Nardo, challenged Pope Francis’ decisions on the synod
In their letter, the cardinals wrote that some consider “the synodal procedures” as “lacking openness and genuine collegiality.”
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Pope Francis denounces Ankara bombings as ‘barbaric act,’ prays for victims.
In a telegram to Turkey’s president, he expressed his closeness to all those suffering from the terrible attack and assured them of his prayers.
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After initial turbulence, the Synod on the Family settles into discussion in working groups
Working group reports show synod participants adapting to more focus on discussion, looking to the work ahead.
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Highlights from 13 reports issued by the synod language working groups
Several groups said the presentation of the family in the first part of the synod’s working document is too negative, too bleak, because it “mainly highlights problems.”
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Pope calls on international community to act to end escalating conflicts in Middle East
This morning Pope Francis urgently appealed to the International Community “to broaden its horizons beyond the immediate interests and use the instruments of international law and diplomacy to resolve the ongoing conflicts.”
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War, poverty, violence: just a few of the topics raised so far at the Synod on the Family
The 318 participants attending the synod of bishops on the family have raised or discussed a wide range of topics during the first four days of this gathering nbsp High among them are the terrible destructive impact that war armed conflict poverty unemployment persecution violence against wo
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What happened this week at the synod—and what’s next?
The synod of bishops on the family is now gathering steam.