Wednesday, June 9, 20210154To truly reach out to families, the Catholic Church first must learn to listen to their concerns rather than doling out theoretical solutions to life's harsh realities, Pope Francis said.
Monday, December 28, 20200143As the fifth anniversary of his apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia" approaches, Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church will dedicate more than a year to focusing on the family and conjugal love. During his Sunday Angelus address Dec. 27, the pope commemorated the feast of the Holy Family and said that it served as a reminder...
Friday, April 8, 20160245Pope Francis’ long anticipated Apostolic Exhortation on the family was released Friday morning calling for a new pastoral approach to the increasingly complex realities of families in today’s world, not focusing on the so called “nuclear family” but on the family as a wider network of many relationships.
Friday, April 8, 20160142The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis said in his highly anticipated postsynodal apostolic exhortation. The document, "'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), on Love in the Family," released April 8, contains no new...
