
Pope’s Family Document ‘Amoris Laetitia’ Tackles Complex Pastoral Challenges
But concerns already are being expressed about Chapter 8, which introduces ambiguity in its discussion of ‘accompanying, discerning and integrating weakness.’
But concerns already are being expressed about Chapter 8, which introduces ambiguity in its discussion of ‘accompanying, discerning and integrating weakness.’
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Family, said the document will “show that the Church is close to families in all stages of their lives.”
Davide Paloni, four months old, has been a visible presence since day one of the international gathering.
Bishops from various countries and language groups said divorcing gender from biological sex threatens to dissolve families, parenthood and the nobility of human love.
Springfield, Ill., shepherd discusses cultural need for Church teaching and the witness of Blessed Junípero Serra.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau called the appeal from the Central Committee of the German Catholics ‘incomprehensible.’
The Holy Father also said that the Church ‘needs prayers, not gossip,’ ahead of the synod.
They call on the Church and the Pope to uphold Catholic teaching on marriage, the family and human sexuality.
The March 12-13 conference at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross will reflect on the Catholic vision of humanity and its relevance to the evangelization of the family.
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