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Catholic News Service
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, one of the Catholic Church's best known cardinal-theologians, said the Catholic Church must hold together truth and mercy, even if it is criticized for its attempt.The cardinal, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the son of divorce
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of ecumenical relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, right, arrives for the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family must put greater focus on the beauty of the Christian vision of marriage and not let an approach of "welcoming" and mercy override the church's duty to call people to turn away from sin, according to a number of reports from the synod
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Josephine McKenna - Religion News Service
The tug-of-war at the Vatican over calls for the Catholic Church to be more open to gays and cohabiting couples intensified on Oct. 16 as conservative bishops sought to rein in or renounce draft language they feared might condone lifestyles not in accord with church teachings.The lobbying at the two
Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, arrives for the opening session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Francis X. Rocca - Catholic News Service
Working-group reports counteract what he characterizes as a misleading interim text.
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Lauren Markoe - Religion News Service
No hand-holding during 'Our Father' in Diocese of Fort Worth
Pope Paul VI is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony of Padua Church in East Northport, N.Y. The pope will be beatified Oct. 19, the final day of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
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David Gibson - Religion News Service
Known chiefly for 'Humanae Vitae,' Paul was also a reformer, bridge-builder