A confident pope sets a new example for governing the church. For Francis, tension is a sign of life.
Amoris Laetitia
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Pope Francis still hasn’t responded to the dubia. He has good reason not to.
The dubia stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of ‘Amoris Laetitia’ and the renewal that began with Vatican II.
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Archbishop Coleridge: Resist ‘False Clarity’
As the head of the Archdiocese of Brisbane on the east coast of Australia, the archbishop was a delegate to the meeting of the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2015.
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The church should not strive for “false clarity,” says Australian archbishop
The pope is “bringing out into the very public setting of the papacy what any pastor does in his parish or diocese.”
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Pope Francis’ prayer to Our Lady for exploited children, families and the unemployed
The pope appealed to Our Lady to teach people to care for others “without egoistic interests or hypocrisy.”
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Pope Francis: Section on divorce in ‘Amoris’ came from listening and discernment
Pope Francis said the “richest experience” of the church operating in a way that is not strictly “top down” came from the two meetings of the Synod of Bishops on the family.
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‘Bad Spirit’ in the Church?
The church is not a prop for one’s ego, a soapbox for ideas or a suit of armor protecting a sad life, Pope Francis said in an interview published in the Nov. 18 edition of Avvenire, an Italian Catholic newspaper. “The church exists only as an instrument for communicating God’s merciful plan to the people.” […]
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Four Cardinals are asking Pope Francis to clarify his teaching on Communion for divorced
After not receiving a response from the pope, the cardinals released their letter to the public.
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Top Five | Amoris Laetitia “The Joy of Love”
America’s editors offer five takeaways from from Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation on the family, “Amoris Laetitia”
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Top 10 takeaways from “Amoris Laetitia”
Pope Francis’s groundbreaking new document asks the church to meet people where they are and to consider the complexities of people’s lives, to consider the complexities of people’s lives and to respect people’s consciences.