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Protecting marriage and family life more urgent than ever: Pope
The responsibility to protect and promote marriage and family life is “more urgent than ever before”, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Bishops conclude Vatican family meeting with prayers for Pope
The Vatican meeting of the world’s bishops’ conference presidents and the heads of Eastern Catholic churches marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia concluded this week with prayers for Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from lung cancer surgery. Source: OSV News.
The world has no future without strong families: Pope
New College of Cardinals dean Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presided over the closing Mass for the Vatican meeting on marriage and family yesterday, reading a homily written by Pope Leo XIV, saying, “The world has no future without strong families”. Source: NCR Online.
Archbishop Costelloe says Amoris Laetitia ‘a very beautiful expression’
Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation on love in the family, “is a very beautiful expression of the ideal of Christian family and Christian marriage” Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Tim Costelloe SDB said on Friday. Source: Vatican News.
Bishops discuss ‘reality, beauty, and challenges of families today’
On the second day of the Vatican meeting reflecting on 10 years of Amoris Laetitia, the world’s bishops dedicated time to “the reality, beauty, and challenges of families today”. Source: Vatican News.
Pope urges frank reckoning with Catholic teaching on sex and marriage
Pope Leo XIV has called on Church leaders to address the “growing distance” between the “ways in which sex and intimacy are lived and the Christian vision of marriage”. Source: NCR Online.
Meeting on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ to focus on listening, not past disputes
A decade after the release of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) sparked both praise and criticism, Vatican officials say a meeting on the document will focus on listening to pastoral experiences rather than rehashing old disputes. Source: OSV News.
Research lifts the veil on early years of marriage
Researchers are seeking the help of Catholics in their first decade of marriage to share their experiences over the month of September. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Fewer marriages in 2025 as divorce rate rises
Australia’s divorce rate has increased for the first time since Covid while fewer people got married last year, new figures show. Source: News.com.au.