Cardinal Schönborn: “There is continuity in teaching here, but there is also something really new.”

Francis’ pastoral theology of family life draws on some surprising sources.

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

Pope Francis’s groundbreaking new document asks the church to meet people where they are and to consider the complexities of people’s lives, to consider the complexities of people’s lives and to respect people’s consciences.

For Jesuits like Pope Francis, "discernment" is not a generic phrase but one with a specific meaning.

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