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  Discernment, a way of accompaniment

  Oct 30, 2015

  This key word—“discernment”—appears in several paragraphs, three of which (83-84-85) encountered very strong opposition from a group of synod fathers that wanted to totally exclude the possibility that the divorced and remarried could ever be allowed to receive communion.

  
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  Synod approves final document, Pope moves forward on key issues

  Oct 30, 2015

  The Synod of Bishops on the Family concluded its work on Saturday evening, Oct. 24, by approving the final document by a two-thirds majority.

  
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  At UN, Holy See delegation speaks up for indigenous peoples

  Oct 30, 2015

  The Holy See’s delegation to the United Nations reminded policymakers on Monday to listen to indigenous peoples’ concerns in efforts to protect the environment and achieve sustainable development.

  
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  Food for Thought

  Oct 30, 2015

  In 1992, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a letter to the bishops of the Catholic Church titled Some Aspects of the Church as C

  
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  In communion with the world

  Oct 30, 2015

  A fellow -- a seemingly good and decent person, by what the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke tell us -- went to Jesus, asking what he needed to do to inherit eternal life.

  
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  Walking in communion and friendship with others

  Oct 30, 2015

  There are profound theological reasons why the bonds of communion among the Church’s people matter so much, bonds given birth by baptism into Christ’s body.

  
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  Researcher: Study after study finding kids do best with married parents

  Oct 30, 2015

  Three new pieces of scholarship released in recent weeks suggest that children do best with married parents and are more likely to face a host of challenges in other situations.

  
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  'Nature doesn't forgive us for our mistakes'

  Oct 29, 2015

  Bangladeshi Catholics should collaborate with social, political and faith leaders to take action on climate change at the grassroots level, church officials say.

  
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  Capuchins organise Nature Day in Pakistan

  Oct 29, 2015

  The Capuchin Friars of Pakistan recently organised in Lahore St. Francis of Assisi and Nature Day in order to promote respect for creation and sustainable environment.

  
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  Is the family synod being driven by sentiment?

  Oct 23, 2015

  Towards the end of the second week of the family synod the media divulged the unconfirmed story one bishop had reportedly shared with the assembly, a story from his diocese: a little boy whose father was re-married had, on the day of his first Holy Communion, broken a bit off the Host and given his dad the fragment.