Look to the East for canonical-spiritual balance, synod members say

Archbishop of St. Louis urges peace in streets

Report takes deeper look at statistics about women's religious orders

The Synod on the family 39 s General Rapporteur Cardinal Peter Erd presented the mid-term report on Oct 13 outlining the main questions highlighted over the past week of General Congregations which will now be examined in by the bishops fraternal delegates auditors and experts in the lsquo

In official reports of the closed-door talks at the Synod of Bishops on the family, an emerging theme has been the call for a new kind of language more appropriate for pastoral care today."Language appeared many, many times," Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, the briefer for English-speaking

Gathered with Pope Francis, members of the Synod of Bishops on the family issued a message of solidarity, support and prayers for all families suffering the impact of war and violence, especially in Iraq and Syria.The members prayed particularly for those who, "because of the Christian faith th