On Friday October 9 the Vatican released 13 initial reports from various language working groups at the Synod on the Family. These reports address part 1 of the synod’s “working document,” or “Instrumentum Laboris,” which includes the first four chapters of the document
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English Working Group B reports on the Synod on the Family deliberations
The group felt that the analysis of the difficulties which the family faces was too negative.
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English Working Group A reports on the Synod on the Family deliberations
On Friday October 9 the Vatican released 13 initial reports from various language working groups at the Synod on the Family. These reports address part 1 of the synod’s “working document,” or “Instrumentum Laboris,” which includes the first four chapters of the document
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Group discernment versus Groupthink at the Synod on the Family
The pope’s approach to the Synod can best be understood through his background as a Jesuit.
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Synod changes: Making less time for speeches, more time for dialogue
Although the public is given glimpses of what happens inside the Catholic Church's world Synod of Bishops, the meetings themselves take place behind closed doors.Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Synod of Bishops has been the object of a continual hunt to balance creating a protect
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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.
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Pope to Synod Fathers: Don’t give in to the conspiracy theory
Pope Francis asked the Synod Fathers to engage in “a profound discernment to seek to understand what the Lord wants of his Church.”
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Pope: This Synod on the Family must be seen as a continuation of 2014 synod.
Pope Francis reassured the synod fathers that the Catholic doctrine on marriage had not been put into question at the Extraordinary Synod in 2014 and so retains its full validity.
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Pope tells synod fathers to clothe themselves in courage, humility and prayer
Francis says synod is not a ‘talk shop’ or conference but ‘a protected space where the church experiences that action of the Holy Spirit.’
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Pope to Synod: The church must be a bridge, not a roadblock
Pope Francis analyzed the real and often dramatic situation of people in today’s globalized world, marked by “a growing loneliness and vulnerability,” the image of which is “the family.”