Vatican
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Pope Francis could visit Mexico in first half of 2016
Oct 07, 2015
Pope Francis is seriously considering a trip to Mexico in 2016, the vice director of the Holy See Press Office told today. Italian priest Fr. Ciro Benedettini said that the trip could take place in the first half of next year, and that if it does, we can expect the agenda to be released in November.
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Full text of Cardinal Erdo's introductory report for the Synod on the Family
Oct 07, 2015
On Oct. 5, the opening day of the 2015 Synod on the Family, Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest -- who is the synod's relator general -- gave an introductory speech to the synod fathers.
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Here's what it was like when Pope Francis visited the homeless in DC
Oct 07, 2015
Pope Francis’ visit to homeless men and women in Washington, D.C., was “life-changing,” said the head of Catholic Charities in the nation’s capital.
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Cardinal Erdo's emphatic defense of Church teaching marked synod's first day
Oct 07, 2015
Monday, the first full day of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, was dominated by the introductory address of the synod’s general relator, Cardinal Peter Erdö of Esztergom-Budapest.
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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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