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April 23, 2016

Becoming the hope of the Church

Becoming the hope of the Church

Pope Francis wants us to be the generation that will restore the future of the family and we must begin with ourselves.

Published in YSN: Speaking Out
April 9, 2016

Pope Francis offers a special call to young people in 'Amoris Laetitia'

Youth Speak News editor Jean Ko Din selects the parts of Pope Francis' 283-page landmark document relevant to young people.

Pope Francis presents a special call for young people in his new document, "'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), on Love in the Family.”

He calls youth to be the generation that will restore hope to the future of the family. He emphasizes the importance of instilling good values within the family and expanding those values to the larger family of the Catholic Church.

Published in Youth Speak News
April 8, 2016

Cardinal Collins commends "Amoris Laetitia" as pastoral and grandfatherly appeal to Church

Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins speaks to the press about Pope Francis' newly-released landmark text on the family April 8.

“We’re all imperfect Catholics,” Toronto’s Cardinal Thomas Collins told the press after a quick first reading of the 268-page papal summary of two synods on the family. But the point Francis wants to make above all others is that the Church is still there for us, however imperfect we may be.

Published in Canada
April 8, 2016

Document on family develops doctrine, doesn't change it, says Schonborn

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn speaks during a news conference for the release of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the family, "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love"), at the Vatican April 8. The exhortation is the concluding document of the 2014 and 2015 synods of bishops on the family.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' document on the family reflects an "organic development" of Church teaching and doctrine, said Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, theologian and participant in both Synods that dealt with the topic.

Published in Faith
April 8, 2016

"Amoris Laetitia" (The Joy of Love)

"Amoris Laetitia" (The Joy of Love)

Pope Francis released its apostolic exhortation on the family, "Amoris Laetitia" (The Joy of Love) on Friday, April 8, 2016. Here are all the stories and reactions by The Catholic Register on the Pope's landmark document. 

Published in Features
April 7, 2016

Papal exhortation expected to stress broader conception of family

Pope Francis embraces Humberto and Claudia Gomez, who are married civilly but not in the church, during a meeting with families at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, Feb. 15. Pope Francis' postsynodal apostolic exhortation on the family, "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love"), was to be released April 8. The exhortation is the concluding document of the 2014 and 2015 synods of bishops on the family.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ landmark text on the family, scheduled for release on Friday, is expected to encourage a more open attitude toward the non-nuclear family but contain no change in Church doctrine.

Published in Vatican