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Francis, Family, and the Future: What the Coming Synod May Mean

In light of October's upcoming Extraordinary Bishop's Synod on the Family and the 2015 Celebration of the Family to be held in Philadelphia, the Catholic Channel at Patheos will be helping readers understand what defines a Bishop's synod, and why this one is extraordinary; what the church actually teaches on issues relevant to the modern family; what arguments are likely to be made and what conclusions may reasonably be expected to come down to us via dialogue and prayer, within the next 18 months.

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On Divorce, Remarriage, and Communion

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Euthanasia: A Further Erosion of Familial Understanding

The Synod is a chance for the church to get ahead of a...

Sex Advice: Lead Us Not Into Google

Can pastors preserve teaching while exorcising the stress?

The Gospel of the Family, Part 1

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Marriage in Guadalupe

Our work is simple but diligent in order to spread the...

Why Is the Family So Important Anyway?-- The Catholic...

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Pastoral Care of the Queer Person: Questions for the Synod

The first thing Jesus did, in seeking to save souls, was...

Preserving Unity in Marriage Justifies Strong Medicine

Demonstrating what a break looks like can often heal a...

Shoring Up a Broken Faith

The extraordinary Synod of Bishops convening this October...

Three Questions in the Name of Love

Adult catechesis must begin with a preliminary cultural...

Born This Way? The Church of Faith and Science

Church teaching aligns with a scientific consensus that...

Adult Catechesis on the Thorny Issues that Make People...

When I returned to the Catholic faith, I landed in the...

Who Writes Letters to Families? The Catholic Church,...

" is the vital cell of society." - Second Vatican Council...

The Gospel of the Family, Part 2

The new working document (Instrumentum Laboris) that...

Synod on the Family? Let us Pray, Please!

The family is where prayer is taught and caught; it binds...

Calling it "Catholic Divorce" Wholly Misunderstands the...

The trappings and externals of a wedding do not a marriage...

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