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Cardinals say synod on family will seek to balance truth with God’s mercy
Balancing the need to uphold Christ’s teaching about the permanence of marriage and the call for the Church to show God’s mercy for those who have failed their marriage vows will be a major theme of...
View ArticlePope invites 14 couples to attend Synod of Bishops on family
More than 250 participants, including 14 married couples from around the world, are expected to attend October’s extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. In addition to 114 presidents of national...
View ArticleFamily synod: Mid-term report stirs controversy among bishops
The official mid-term report from the Synod of Bishops, which uses strikingly conciliatory language toward divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabitating couples and same-sex unions, has proven highly...
View ArticleFamily synod: Cardinal Napier added to drafting committee
Pope Francis has added Cardinal Wilfrid Napier to the drafting committee which will produce the final report on the Extraordinary Synod on Pastoral Challenges to the Family. The appointment is...
View ArticleCardinal Kasper is not the Pope’s theologian, says Archbishop of Durban
The Archbishop of Durban has said that a fellow German cardinal should not be described as the “Pope’s theologian.” Following a report in the Huffington Post entitled “Cardinal Walter Kasper, ‘The...
View ArticleAnnulment reform is not about shortcuts, cardinals say
The reforms to the annulment process introduced by Pope Francis serve only to avoid delays in cases where marriages are clearly not valid, two synod fathers said. Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach of...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 23/02/16
Bishops must “never be seen as pitted against each other” in a battle for control of the Church, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier has said. Police in Victoria have referred the alleged leak of allegations...
View ArticleAmoris Laetitia: What people are saying
Church leaders have welcomed the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, which was published on Friday. Cardinal Wilfred Napier of Durban said: “What is new about this exhortation is its tone,” that it...
View ArticleCardinal jokes about England’s exit from Euro 2016
South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier took to Twitter to joke about England’s humiliating exit from the European Championships in France. On Monday night England lost the last-16 knockout match 2-1 to...
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