God deals with people directly. This truth needs not to be denigrated or mocked.
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An ‘ill-judged shift’ or a new ‘pastoral mind-set’? Different takes on ‘Amoris Laetitia’
The exhortation is “an inspirational aid” to “generously accompany couples as they prepare for marriage and throughout their married life.”
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In Pope Francis’ pastoral theology, people come first.
Morally—and religiously—we are works in progress.
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‘Amoris Laetitia’ represents an organic development of doctrine, ‘not a rupture.’
Cardinal Schönborn: “There is continuity in teaching here, but there is also something really new.”
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Questions of domestic violence do not just affect individual families but the larger society.
In “Amoris Laetitia” Pope Francis highlights another group on the margins: victims of domestic violence.
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“Amoris Laetitia” embodies the pope’s vision of a listening church.
Francis’ pastoral theology of family life draws on some surprising sources.
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There are few, if any, simple “recipes” for what following a formed and informed conscience looks like.
Pope Francis clearly believes there are few, if any, simple “recipes” for what following a formed and informed conscience looks like.
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“Amoris Laetitia” presents a joyful vision of Christian marriage
Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, “Amoris Laetita," presents, at considerable length, his reflections and discernment based upon the two synods devoted to the Catholic understanding of marriage and family life.It is clear, even from a first reading, how closely the pope has ente
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Pope Francis: We must “see in the women’s movement the working of the Spirit.”
For many Catholics, discussions of gender and family can be painful.
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Take a deeper look at Pope Francis’ statement on marriage and the family.
“The Joy of Love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church.”