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The Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life has published a pastoral framework to help dioceses begin a synodal process for strengthening and promoting the pastoral care of human life....
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To live generously is difficult when our unhealed hurts and coldness have become habitual. For that reason, Pope Francis urges us to pray for families trapped in resentment and bitterness, where 'sorry', 'thank you' and 'please' are words that gather dust on the shelf. There the cycle must be...
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Pope Francis, in his message to the assembly, emphasised the urgency of addressing the interconnected challenges threatening human civilisation and the planet....
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In the context of Catholicism, there is nothing particularly notable about this idea. To be a man in the church is to be a good servant leader, someone who models Christlike values of humility and sacrifice in the service of the greater good....
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As Christians, we know we are called to follow after Christ, taking the grace he has given us to help bring healing and justice to the world, overcoming the pains and sorrows which sin has brought to it....
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Some years ago, a friend was facing the birth of her first child. While happy that she was soon to be a mother, she confessed openly her fears about the actual birth process, the pain, the dangers, the unknown....
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During his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis stresses that exterior practices do not matter, but rather how we love one another....
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For example, take a couple in a marriage. They fall in love and commit themselves to love each other and stay with each other for the rest of their lives, and at root they fully intend that. They respect each other, are good to each other, and would die...
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The Why & the How...