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Synod: the challenges to the family a common concern for all Christians

Oct 13, 2014

The challenges and hopes that weigh upon the family unit are common to all Christians, beyond confessional differences.
Pope: the Kingdom of God is not to be reduced to a "tiny church", the gospel is for everyone

Oct 13, 2014

The Goodness of God "knows no boundaries or discrimination, everyone is given the opportunity to respond to His invitation, to His call and no one has the right to feel privileged or make an exclusive claim.
Pope: The Church is missionary, if it stops moving, she becomes closed in on herself, she can be corrupted

Oct 13, 2014

The Church is and must continue to be a missionary, because " for once the Church stops moving, once she becomes closed in on herself, she falls ill, she can be corrupted, whether by sins or by that false knowledge cut off from God which is worldly secularism".
Pope Francis charges Christians – lose comfort, go to peripheries

Oct 13, 2014

In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis said that God does not discriminate about who is invited to his banquet, and called on Christians to abandon their comforts and go toward the marginalized.
Highways, byways and sinners: these are the missionary fields

Oct 13, 2014

In his thanksgiving Mass for the canonization of two Canadian saints Pope Francis said that a true missionary goes out of himself, boldly bringing God’s message of love to all without distinction.
Americans help moderate synod discussions

Oct 13, 2014

The Synod of Bishops has begun breaking into small discussion groups, with Americans Cardinal Raymond Burke and Archbishop Joseph Kurtz serving as two moderators of the first round of discussions.
Waiting for the decisive second half of the Synod on the Family

Oct 13, 2014

The Synod of Bishops on Friday entered its decisive second phase, with the formation of small groups which are to come to decisions which will be synthesized into the synod's concluding “relatio.”
Be frank, humble – Pope Francis tells bishops at synod launch

Oct 10, 2014

During the opening session for the extraordinary synod on the family, Pope Francis told participants not to be afraid of saying what they truly think, and that only by doing this can they reach real conclusions.
First female appointed to Vatican Congregation says women have much to offer Church

Oct 10, 2014

The first woman ever to be appointed a member of a Vatican congregation explains that “women still have much to give to the Church with their personal charisma.”
Pope: Prayer is asking for many things, but the greatest gift is the Holy Spirit

Oct 10, 2014

We ask for a lot of things when we pray, but the greatest gift that God can give us is the Holy Spirit.