Cardinal Farrell invited the bishops and the 22 lay participants at the meeting to “speak truthfully” and listen to stories of the “complexity of family life.”
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‘Amoris’ participants agree that one major issue is affecting families: Migration.
On the first day of the Vatican’s closed-door meeting on “Amoris Laetitia,” “human mobility and migration were mentioned by all the groups.”
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‘Amoris Laetitia’ and its tough questions are here to stay
Some critics of Pope Francis had remained hopeful that a Leo papacy would bring some reversals of his teachings. Instead, in almost every case, Leo has doubled down, as he is doing this week.
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Why the Catholic Church still struggles to minister to families
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless speak with Joseph de Viveiros, C.R., about the pastoral consequences of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking 2016 document on family life, “Amoris Laetitia.”
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Indian Cardinal Filipe Neri: ‘there is no ‘single stereotype of an ideal family’
Cardinal Neri said that 10 years after “Amoris Laetitia,” the church in Asia sees that “there is no single stereotype of an ideal family but rather a challenging mosaic of diverse realities.”
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I tried to shield my daughter from grief. Instead, I learned to grieve with her.
I was used to pushing down my grief. I didn’t want my daughter to do the same.
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‘We have much to learn from families’: Pope Leo welcomes bishops to ‘Amoris Laetitia’ meeting
Pope Leo asked the bishops gathered at the Vatican for a meeting on the family to “recognize the work of grace even in situations marked by limits, wounds and apparent failure.”
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‘You are made for love’: Pope Leo pens new foreword to YOUCAT book on love and relationships
Pope Leo XIV offers his advice to young people on finding authentic true love and commitment in marriage in a new book foreword published Oct. 6.
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‘Amoris Laetitia’ at 10: The history, tensions and why Pope Leo wants to revisit Francis’ signature document
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” a look back at the tense 2014 and 2015 synods on the family and what Pope Francis decided in “Amoris Laetitia”
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Bishops are meeting at the Vatican next week to discuss ‘Amoris Laetitia.’ Here’s what you need to know.
Ten years after the publication of Pope Francis’ document on the family, Pope Leo has asked the heads of the world’s bishops’ conferences to discern next steps for proclaiming the Gospel to families today.