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Vatican newspaper: ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is authoritative church teaching

Cindy Wooden — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 02:00:38 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family is an example of the “ordinary magisterium” — papal teaching — to which Catholics are obliged to give “religious submission of will and intellect,” said an article in the Vatican newspaper.echo $variable;

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Cardinal Dew wants Pope’s document to be read

Michael Otto — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:47:59 +0000

Cardinal John Dew has said he thinks parishes and communities need to start looking at how people can be helped to know Pope Francis’s latest document on the family. The cardinal, writing in an April 20 newsletter, noted the Pope’s emphasis in Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) on “accompaniment” for those people who are hurt or who have placed themselves

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Cardinal and bishop note merciful emphasis in text

NZ Catholic Staff — Thu, 05 May 2016 04:05:16 +0000

Pope Francis released his document on marriage and the family on April 9 New Zealand time, following two gatherings of bishops and various lay persons and extensive consultation with Catholics to discuss the challenges facing families. The document, entitled Amoris Laetitia – the Joy of Love, signals the Pope’s vision for the Church as a family of families and reaffirms the welfare of

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Synod attendee thinks the Pope’s done a good job

Michael Otto — Thu, 05 May 2016 03:49:36 +0000

Sharron Coles from Wellington, who attended the Synod on the Family in Rome last year, said the Pope’s document, Amoris Laetitia — the Joy of Love, did not surprise her. “I think pretty much everything in there, in some way or another, came up at the synod and was discussed at the synod,” she said, or else was in the final

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NZ ethicist likes papal call on love and family

John Kleinsman — Tue, 03 May 2016 03:22:51 +0000

by JOHN KLEINSMAN
In two days much had already been written about this highly anticipated document [Pope Francis’s The Joy of
Love], and much more will surely be written on it. Rather predictably, many commentators zeroed in on “hot-button
issues” of cohabitation and the question of couples in “irregular” second marriages accessing the sacraments.echo $variable;

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Share truth of family with mercy, help those struggling, pope says

Vatican City (CNS) — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:39:02 +0000

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis said in his highly anticipated postsynodal apostolic exhortation.echo $variable;

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