The Synod on the Family

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October 1, 2014

Synod on the Family

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Great Expectations

The synod comes at a time when a huge gulf has opened up between the teaching of the church on sex, marriage, and the family and the practice of many Catholics.

By John Wilkins

September 10, 2014

Synod on the Family

U.S. Catholicism

Pope John Paul II

Pope Benedict XVI

Secularism and Modernity

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Style & Substance

Pope Francis boldly enlists the legacies of his two predecessors in support of his upcoming Synod on the Family.

April 30, 2014

U.S. Catholicism

Pope John Paul II

Pope Benedict XVI

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An Interview with Cardinal Walter Kasper

How is mercy key to understanding God? Commonweal posed this and other questions to Cardinal Walter Kasper.

By Matthew Boudway and Grant Gallicho

May 7, 2014

Synod on the Family

Pope Benedict XVI

Women in the Church

Article

Separated Faithful

It is past time to alleviate the suffering of Catholics who are confused by a church that teaches the indissolubility of marriages while regularly dissolving them.

By Michael G. Lawler and Todd A. Salzman

September 19, 2013

U.S. Catholicism

Article

On Good Authority?

By Bernard Doering

March 12, 2012

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Information Deficit

By Andrew M. Greeley

July 4, 2004

Article

The Encyclical Crisis

By Bernhard Häring

September 6, 1968

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