Are you praying for the upcoming Synod on the Family? You should be, and here’s why
The struggle over critical family issues is coming to a head.
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Kasper: Cardinals defending Catholic teaching on marriage are attacking Pope Francis
'The target of the controversy is not me, but the Pope,' he says.
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Sources confirm Cardinal Burke will be removed. But will he attend the Synod?
The timing of Burke's removal is key as the Extraordinary Synod on the Family approaches in October.
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Church doctrine on marriage ‘cannot change’, but some bishops will try: Cardinal Martino
'The Church cannot change what it has always proclaimed.'
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Radical about-face on marriage doctrine at Synod impossible: UK Catholic bishop
Doctrine 'develops' but never alters, Bishop Philip Egan told a pro-life conference.
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Gay foundation gives Dignity USA $200,000 to oppose Catholic teaching at synod
Dignity USA received the grant to "counter the narrative of the Catholic Church" on same-sex relationships.
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Most Catholics don’t know Church teaching on sex, life, and family: Vatican
In some places “many Christians ... are found to be unaware of the very existence of this teaching [on marriage and family],” the Vatican stated in a document Thursday.
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Pope Paul VI returns to set us straight on contraception and marriage
Paul VI also made four famous predictions about what would happen to marriage and society if the Church’s long-held teachings about contraception were ignored.
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Church must ‘update’ teaching on marriage and family: Pope Francis’ head of Synod of Bishops
“The Church is not timeless,” says Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri.
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‘The Church is not against birth control at all’: Cardinal Walter Kasper
The prelate also claims that "heroism is not for the average Christian" and Pope Francis told him 50 percent of marriages are sacramentally invalid.
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