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  Pope Francis backs the new synod process in an unanticipated speech

  Oct 07, 2015

  In an unexpected speech at the synod on Tuesday, Pope Francis has stated that this gathering is in continuity with 2014 synod, which he said never called into question the Church's teaching on marriage.

  
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  Letters from the Synod: October 6, 2015

  Oct 06, 2015

  Two addresses, given on the morning of October 5, set down important markers for Synod-2015 on its first formal day of work.

  
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  Pope: Families are a light amid the darkness

  Oct 06, 2015

  “The family is a place where evangelical holiness is lived out in the most ordinary conditions.” This was the reflection offered by Pope Francis on the eve of the Synod of Bishops on the Family.

  
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  Pope Francis: The Synod is not a parliament

  Oct 06, 2015

  Pope Francis has reminded prelates the Synod is not a conference, a parliament or a senate, but rather an expression of the Church to be led by the Spirit.

  
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  Full text: Pope Francis’s address to opening session of synod

  Oct 06, 2015

  Vatican Radio translation of Pope Francis's speech to the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.The Church today takes up once again the dialogue begun with the announcement of the extraordinary Synod on the family.

  
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  Pope Francis' homily at opening mass of ordinary General Assembly of Synod on the family

  Oct 05, 2015

  At 10 am Sunday, the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Pope Francis presided at the Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the opening of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: 'The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world.

  
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  Pope Francis says parents participate in creative love of God himself

  Oct 05, 2015

  Pope Francis says parents participate in God's creative power. The Holy Father expressed this during his Angelus address Sunday at noon in St. Peter's Square, while speaking on matrimony.

  
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  Pope: God's dream for creation? The union of a man and woman

  Oct 05, 2015

  Pope Francis formally opened the synod of bishops Sunday, telling participants that the union between a man and woman is the foundation of God’s plan for the family, and a solution to the many forms of loneliness in today’s world.

  
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  Vatican responds to CDF official’s 'coming out'

  Oct 05, 2015

  The director of the Holy See press office has issued a statement in response to Vatican official Msgr. Krzysztof Charamsa's declaration in a recent interview that he is homosexual and has a boyfriend.

  
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  Pope Francis asks for prayers ahead of synod discussion

  Oct 05, 2015

  In his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis stressed the role of spouses in generating children, and asked for prayers ahead of the synod discussions beginning Monday.