Long awaited, and prepared, after a two-year process, the very long apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis — the longest document in the entire history of the papal magisterium — invites a reading that ...

This story appears in the Amoris Laetitia feature series. View the full series. A representative from of one of the working groups at the diocesan synod hands her group's scroll of resolutions to ...

This story appears in the Amoris Laetitia feature series. View the full series. Two men exchange rings during their marriage ceremony in 2014 in Brighton, England. In his postsynodal apostolic ...

My strategy for tense situations is to have a beverage in hand. If I am intellectually ambushed, I can take a drink, swallow slowly and win a few seconds to come back with a thoughtful, disarming ...

The Diocese of San Diego will soon be assuming a vanguard role in demonstrating how local churches can embrace the “synodality” promoted by Pope Francis. Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego has ...

A striking feature of Pope Francis’ 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) is its length — it is some three times longer than St. John Paul II’s 1981 apostolic exhortation ...

The battle over Pope Francis’ reforms opened with a coordinated attack against guidance that eased restrictions on divorced and remarried parishioners receiving communion. Four conservative bishops ...

1. The Joy of Love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church. As the Synod Fathers noted, for all the many signs of crisis in the institution of marriage, “the desire to marry and form a ...

Pope Francis shakes hands with Archbishop Charles Chaput as he arrives on the Independence Mall to deliver remarks on September 26 2015. (Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst.) Listen PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The battle over Pope Francis’ reforms opened with a coordinated attack against guidance that eased restrictions on divorced and ...