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Month: October 2014

Pope in Santa Marta: Remembering the story of God’s love for us

(Vatican Radio) If we want to give glory to God, we must remember all He has done for us. But that also means remembering our sins. It means being honest with ourselves, said Pope Francis as he reflected on the Readings of the Day during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta. Emer McCarthy reports. Listen:  The…
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Synod explores main challenges facing the contemporary family

(Vatican Radio) One of the main challenges for the Church in promoting the family stems from an evolution of how the family itself has come to be understood by society. This is according to Metropolitan Archbishop William Skurla of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, one of the participants in the Extraordinary Synod on the Pastoral Challenges…
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Card. Erdo points to ‘privatization of love’ as greatest challenge to family

(Vatican Radio/VIS) In his “Report prior to discussion” presented Tuesday morning to Synod Fathers and Fraternal delegates, the relator general Cardinal Peter Erdo,  pointed to the ‘privatization of love’ as the greatest challenge to the family today in a world where the ‘feel good factor’ outweighs any other value, particularly one which requires commitment and…
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Card. Wuerl warns against expecting instant pastoral solutions from Synod

(Vatican Radio) The Synod is a process, “we should not expect sound bite solutions” to the challenges facing the family in todays’ “secularized culture”, says the Archbishop of Washington DC, Cardinal Donald Wuerl. He was speaking to Vatican Radio on the eve of the first full day of working sessions in the Extra-Ordinary Synod of…
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Card. Wuerl warns against expecting instant pastoral solutions from Synod

(Vatican Radio) The Synod is a process, “we should not expect sound bite solutions” to the challenges facing the family in todays’ “secularized culture”, says the Archbishop of Washington DC, Cardinal Donald Wuerl. He was speaking to Vatican Radio on the eve of the first full day of working sessions in the Extra-Ordinary Synod of…
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