October 26, 2015
Tense Synod ends by opening door for divorced, punting on gays
VATICAN CITY - A momentous and divided gathering of global bishops ended Oct. 24 by endorsing ways that could lead to greater participation by divorced and remarried Catholics — a major source of friction here — while the 270 bishops declined to take up the even more controversial issue of how and whether to be more welcoming to gays.
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Faith
October 22, 2015
Apologies and processes: Synod groups end with varied offerings
VATICAN CITY - Two of the 13 final small-group reports of the Synod of Bishops for the family contained apologies: one for ways in which a lack of pastoral care may have contributed to the breakdown of marriages and one for "harsh and merciless" attitudes toward unwed mothers and their children, the divorced and homosexuals.
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Vatican
December 12, 2012
Vatican newspaper: World will end, but not because of Mayan calendar
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Vatican