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Pope Francis is silhouetted after his private audience with President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Pope Francis said that priests must inform Catholic consciences “but not replace them.”
FaithShort Take
John J. Strynkowski
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger urged that dissent from ordinary Magisterium should be disclosed privately to church authority.
FaithLast Take
Thomas J. Reese
It is time for the laity to speak out and act like true disciples of Christ in spreading the joy of the Gospel. 
Supporters of same-sex marriage in Ireland react to their victory in a May 23, 2015, national referendum. (CNS photo/Aidan Crawley, EPA) 
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Some church leaders in Ireland say the World Meeting of Families, to be held next year in Dublin, should be open to all kinds of families, including gay couples.
Pope Francis greets family members during an audience with participants in an international congress on protecting children in a digital world, at the Vatican Oct. 6. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Amoris Laetitia” has yet to resonate with many black Catholics in the United States.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
'Amoris Laetitia' is built on traditional Thomist morality, Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits in Colombia.