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.
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.
Joe Biden’s Irish-Catholic background and personal experience of suffering have made him an eloquent and empathetic mourner for people across the political spectrum.
A collection of Commonweal’s writing about ‘Fratelli tutti,’ Pope Francis’s most recent papal encyclical, including the symposium from the December 2020 issue.
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