The synod’s final report addressed the pastoral needs of those who are often cast aside to the margins of society, those who are often neglected and abandoned in a world that places profit over value.
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Synod members disagree on report’s opening to Communion for remarried
Australian Cardinal George Pell said the final report of the Synod of Bishops on the family did not create an opening for the divorced and civilly remarried to receive Communion. Other synod members took a different view and acknowledged that the paragraph in question was being read differently.
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Cardinal Wuerl tells ‘America’: “There’s huge support” for Pope Francis among the bishops
The pope has introduced “a far more open approach to addressing pastoral issues.”
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Beware of a ‘spirituality of illusion,’ said Pope Francis
“Today is a time of mercy!” This was the parting message Pope Francis gave to the 270 synod fathers from some 120 countries at the closing Mass for the Synod on the Family in St. Peter’s Basilica, Oct. 25.He has made this same declaration several times since his election as pope on
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The pope’s strong words for those who seek to block change in the church
In his closing speech, Pope Francis hit out hard at those who have sought to hinder his efforts.
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The synod approves final document, leaves the door open for the pope to move forward on key issues
The synod significantly closed no doors.
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Archbishop Durocher: Address violence against women, empower women in the church
Archbishop Paul-André Durocher of Gatineau, Canada, told America in an interview that violence against women is a “whole social phenomenon we’re still not dealing with adequately.”
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The Catholic Church is not in crisis because of the Synod
If the synod is a crisis, then what would the conclave of 1799-1800 be considered?
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Synod Fathers examine final document, some pushback on the question of conscience
There was general appreciation for the draft final text because the synod fathers recognized that it reflected faithfully what they had said in the group discussions.
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A new kind of Synod would inevitably have bumps on the road.
Pope Francis called for a different kind of synod, something that was both new to most of us and yet also deeply rooted in our tradition. And that different kind of synod would inevitably have bumpy spots.