At the end of the family synod in Rome, Austen Ivereigh reports on how the world’s Catholic bishops managed to produce a consensus document that struck a fresh pastoral tone, even if there is still some disagreement.
Synod on the Family
A Blessed Loss
ROME – During Synod 2015, I’ve been reading John Martin Robinson’s “Cardinal Consalvi: 1757-1824,” a biography of Pope Pius VII’s secretary of state, one of the most impressive churchmen of his day, or indeed any day.
Synod Wrestles with Church’s Lost and Found
It is a wonderfully frightening time to be a Catholic. These past weeks the Synod of Bishops meeting in Rome is grappling with difficult questions that touch upon all our lives.
Synod Topics Include Mixed Marriages and Abusive Spouses
Observers told the Synod of Bishops on the family to discourage Christian women from marrying Muslim men, urge priests not to tell women to return to abusive husbands, share the truth of Church teaching about marriage, and embrace single mothers who are alienated from the Church.
Walking Together
This past week, some in both the religious and the secular press, began reporting about the massive divide along ideological lines that exists between the American bishops attending the 2015 Extraordinary Synod on the Family.
At Synod, Dispute Is Not a Disagreement
Austen Ivereigh offers an analysis of the Synod of Bishops on the family, saying that even if some issues have been the source of vigorous debate, it’s not always easy to line people up in two opposing camps.
Cardinal Wuerl: Truth Will Win At the Synod
The Synod of Bishops on the family is not being manipulated, rather the distortion rests in how it is being depicted or seen by a number of people, said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.
A Family’s Mission
As 270 bishops engage in dialogue on the pastoral care of the person and the family during the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Catholics are reflecting on the family’s vocation.
Trying to Get Along Is A Challenge at Synod
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – From newspaper headlines and social media comments Oct. 12 it seemed there was a family feud going on inside the Synod of Bishops on the family. Some cardinals – apparently 13 of the 74 cardinals participating in the synod – wrote Pope Francis a private letter expressing concern […]
Method of Teaching Sometimes Alienates Prospective Members
Just like a family, the Catholic Church should challenge members to grow and behave better, but also like a family, it should not exclude those who still have some growing to do, said synod member Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio.