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Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation on The Joy of Love
News.va - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:25 am (Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Friday published Pope Francis’ eagerly-awaited Apostolic Exhoratation on the family, drawing together almost three years of consultations with...
Francis has left Church teaching on Communion for the divorced and remarried absolutely intact
Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:20 am Amoris Laetitia offers a compressive and eloquent, to the point of being lyrical at times, defence of the Catholic vision of marriage, Humanae Vitae and all.
While doctrinally...
Amoris Laetitia is ‘kitchen sink theology’ and all the better for it
Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:08 am Okay, you’ve already seen the headlines, and no doubt skipped to find the juicy bits in the text itself. (At least, I hope you have. If a blog by me is really your first port of...
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Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:05 am POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATIONAMORIS LÆTITIAOF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCISTO BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONSCONSECRATED PERSONSCHRISTIAN MARRIED COUPLESAND ALL THE LAY FAITHFULON...
Pope Francis: Children are always gifts, even in tough circumstances
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:05 am Vatican City, Apr 8, 2016 / 05:05 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis' latest writings on the family include a strong affirmation
of the need to welcome children even in difficult...
Pope Francis: Children are always gifts, even in tough circumstances
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:05 am Vatican City, Apr 8, 2016 / 04:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis’ latest writings on the family include a strong affirmation of the need to welcome children even in difficult...
Amoris Laetitia: expect a protracted and perhaps bitter debate
Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:04 am Back in March, I read Cardinal Kasper’s claim that Pope Francis’ coming Apostolic Exhortation would be the first step in a reform process which would constitute a turning of a...
Pope releases document on marriage and family
The Catholic Leader - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:01 am POPE Francis has issued one of the most eagerly awaited documents of his pontificate, a treatise on marriage and the family.The 260-page document, (The Joy of Love), presents a...
Amoris Laetitia Overview: We Advance Together, Strong Helping the Weak
Aleteia - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:01 am The first thing to realize about the new Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia from Pope Francis is that it is long – over 260 pages. The pope acknowledges, “Given the rich...
Papal exhortation avoids clear statement on Communion
Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:01 am Pope Francis has avoided making a direct statement on the question of Communion for remarried couples but in a footnote to his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, he has left...
No doctrine change from Pope Francis – but a call for better pastoral care
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:00 am Vatican City, Apr 8, 2016 / 05:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Catholics who have divorced-and-remarried need the fullness of Church teaching. They also need a wise pastoral and community...
No doctrine change from Pope Francis – but a call for better pastoral care
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:00 am Vatican City, Apr 8, 2016 / 04:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholics who have divorced-and-remarried need the fullness of Church teaching. They also need a wise pastoral and community...
Pope Francis opens door to Communion for ‘remarried’ Catholics in landmark exhortation
LifeSiteNews - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:00 am In so doing the pope appears to have taken up a position contrary to that of his predecessors.
Shaw: Pope Francis opens door to Communion for divorced, civilly remarried, balanced with careful formation of conscience
OSV Daily Take - Apr 8, 2016 at 5:00 am Delighting some Catholics and dismaying others, Pope Francis in his new document on marriage opens the door to allowing some divorced and remarried Catholics whose first marriages...
Pope, in video, emphasizes importance of small farmers
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 8, 2016 at 4:53 am Pope Francis has appeared in a video designed to publicize his general prayer intention for April: “that small farmers may receive a just reward for their precious ...
Bangladesh: prelate calls on Muslims to �respect others' religious teachings'
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 8, 2016 at 4:41 am Amid increasing violence against Christians in Bangladesh, a bishop called on Muslims to “respect others’ religious teachings in order to build a world free from ...
Daily Gospel Reflection for April 8, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: John 6, 1-15
During Halloween 2015, my godson Camden dressed up like his favorite person at school, Mr. Martinez. When asked why he chose Mr. M, he replied simply...
Leading Philippine bishop: it is a grave sin to vote for a pro-abortion candidate
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 8, 2016 at 4:25 am The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said that “a Catholic voter commits a grave sin in voting for candidates who oppose the Lord’s ...
How the Vatican can help form Catholic leaders in the US
EWTN - Vatican News - Apr 8, 2016 at 4:01 am Vatican City, Apr 8, 2016 / 04:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- A conference held in Rome this week has given American leaders a first
hand view of how the Vatican interfaces with the...
Live from Rome: (Non-)Judgment Day
Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 8, 2016 at 3:55 am Good Friday morning, folks – this day's been almost three years in the making... and, well, away we go.At 1130 Rome (5.30am ET/2.30PT), the pub-day presser for the release of the...
