This Catholic cardinal is flabbergasted the Church is even talking about abandoning her teaching on marriage
'These are bishops … who are Catholic. I can’t imagine them accepting this proposal.'
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Going to Rome for the family synod is hard on my wife and 8 kids, but there’s a good reason she supports me being here
I have to discern carefully what ‘away’ trips I take on, and the upcoming Extraordinary Synod on the Family is indeed a worthy cause.
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Rabbi urges Vatican synod to reject homosexual agenda
Rabbi Yehuda Levin says it’s essential for the Church to hold to her moral teachings because she is a ‘bulwark’ in the pro-life and pro-family battle.
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Defend the family, don’t accommodate it to world’s demands: Cardinal Müller
We can destruct the Gospel to make it easy for today's man, says the cardinal, but only embracing the cross brings peace.
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Cardinal Kasper accuses marriage defenders of ‘fundamentalism’
The clash over Catholic teaching on marriage is heating up as the Vatican’s Synod on the Family approaches.
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Spanish bishop: Pope Francis said Synod will not change Church teaching on marriage
The pope said Francis marriage “was established by Jesus Christ, and the pope cannot change it.'
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Life and family advocates will pray and march in Rome at opening of Synod
'If you are unable to attend than light up a candle in your home and pray.'
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Cardinals Ouellet and Scola defend marriage teaching ahead of Synod
The two papers by the high-profile cardinals will likely have considerable influence at the Synod.
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Some reflections on the Synod’s working document
Monsignor Carámbula has written some reflections on the Instrumentum Laboris document for the Synod of Bishops.
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The Synod on the Family must be a source of clarity, not confusion
The much-reported Extraordinary Synod on the Family is almost upon us, starting in Rome next month.
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