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October 6, 2014

Pope tells bishops at family synod to speak fearlessly, listen humbly

Archbishop Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, center, and other prelates leave the opening session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis opened the first working session of an extraordinary Synod of Bishops Oct. 6, urging participants to speak fearlessly and listen humbly during two weeks of discussion of the "pastoral challenges of the family."

Published in Faith