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December 15, 2014

Prayer, studying lived reality is key to pope's process, cardinal says

German Cardinal Walter Kasper (left), retired president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, talks with Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, as they leave the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 9.

ROME - Pope Francis' decision to hold two synods of bishops on the family with a year of consultation and reflection in between fits in exactly with this theological approach to pastoral planning, which emphasizes studying the reality, reflecting on it and, only later, taking action, said retired German Cardinal Walter Kasper.

Published in International