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Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 1

October 5, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 1

(Vatican Radio) The first of the daily press conferences to report on the proceedings of the Synod of the Family took place at 1pm Rome time on Monday. The Synod began on Sunday with a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica and the first session sat on Monday morning. Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, was accompanied by Cardinal Péter Erdö from Hungary – who is the synod realtor; Cardinal André Vingt-Trois from France – one of the president delegates; and Italian Archbishop Bruno Forte – who is special secretary to the Synod. In his remarks Fr. Lombardi said that each day there would be Synod Fathers present at the press conference…Continue Reading

Pope Francis: The Synod Is Not a Parliament

October 5, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis: The Synod Is Not a Parliament

In Opening Address for Synod’s 2015 1st General Congregation, Urges Prelates to Walk Together Led by Holy Spirit Vatican City, October 05, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis has reminded prelates the Synod is not a conference, a parliament or a senate, but rather an expression of the Church to be led by the Spirit. In his opening, unscripted address at the Synod’s 2015 1st General Congregation in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall this morning, Pope Francis reminded those gathered, “We must walk together in collegiality and synodality.” The opening Mass for the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Oct. 4-25, on the theme, ‘The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the…Continue Reading

Pope’s Angelus Address

October 4, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope’s Angelus Address

“The Synod Fathers, coming from every part of the world and gathered around the Successor of Peter, for three weeks, will reflect on the vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in society, for careful spiritual and pastoral discernment.” Vatican City, October 04, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Staff Reporter Below is a ZENIT-translation of Pope Francis’ Angelus Address today at noon in St. Peter’s Square, following his having presided over Mass for the Opening of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the family in St. Peter’s Basilica: *** Before the Angelus Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! The Eucharistic celebration with which we began the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops just ended in St.…Continue Reading

Pray For The Intercession Of Saint John Paul ll For A Successful Outcome To The Synod . . .

October 4, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pray For The Intercession Of Saint John Paul ll For A Successful Outcome To The Synod . . .

With the start of The Synod of the Family, it is appropriate to invoke the intercession of now St. John Paul ll for a successful outcome. It was John Paul ll who at the conclusion of the Synod on the Family in 1980 reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on marriage and the family, despite the many dissidents and the heretical thinkers of the day. The following prayer was written by Pope John Paul ll prior to the 1980 Synod on the Family. Perhaps his intercession through this prayer will help ensure confirmation and clarity concerning Church teaching on marriage at this upcoming synod. Prayer Of Pope St. John Paul II For The 1980 Synod Of Bishops Lord God, from you every…Continue Reading

Fr Lombardi reacts to revelations by gay prelate

October 3, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Fr Lombardi reacts to revelations by gay prelate

(Vatican Radio) The director of the Holy See press office Father Federico Lombardi on Saturday reacted to revelations by a high-ranking Vatican official that he is in a gay relationship. 43 year old Polish Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa has been living in Rome for 17 years and has worked at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2003. He also serves as assistant secretary of the International Theological Commission and teaches theology at two of Rome’s Pontifical universities , the Gregorian and the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. In the brief statement, Fr Lombardi said “the decision to make such a pointed statement on the eve of the opening of the Synod appears very serious and irresponsible, since it aims…Continue Reading

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri explains how the Synod on the Family will unfold

October 2, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri explains how the Synod on the Family will unfold

Vatican City, 2 October 2015 (VIS) – This morning in the Holy See Press Office Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, gave a presentation of the phases and methods of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on “The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world”, which will commence on Sunday 4 October. “Tomorrow evening, in St. Peter’s Square, in the presence of the Holy Father, a prayer vigil will be held in preparation for the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to be attended by the Synod Fathers, the participants in the Synod and all the faithful of the world, on an initiative of the…Continue Reading

Pope Francis: Respect and listen to our Guardian Angel

October 2, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis: Respect and listen to our Guardian Angel

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis says God has given everybody a Guardian Angel to accompany us and offer advice and protection, an Angel to whom we should listen with meekness and respect. He was speaking during his homily at Mass on Friday (2nd October) celebrated in the Santa Marta Residence. Taking his cue from Friday’s feast of the Guardian Angels, the Pope’s homily reflected on this divine presence in our lives, describing the Angel as God’s ambassador who accompanies each one of us. He noted how the proof of this was illustrated when God chased Adam out of Paradise: He didn’t leave Adam on his own or say to him: “fend for yourself as best as you can.” The Pope stressed…Continue Reading

A Must Read . . . A Call to Battle

October 1, 2015 breaking Comments Off on A Must Read . . . A Call to Battle

I begin this letter with a clarion call and clear charge to you, my sons and brothers in Christ: Men, do not hesitate to engage in the battle that is raging around you, the battle that is wounding our children and families, the battle that is distorting the dignity of both women and men. This battle is often hidden, but the battle is real. It is primarily spiritual, but it is progressively killing the remaining Christian ethos in our society and culture, and even in our own homes.

Pope Audience: God builds bridges when we build walls

September 30, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Audience: God builds bridges when we build walls

(Vatican Radio) In his first General Audience since his return from an Apostolic Journey to Cuba and the United States, Pope Francis recalled that visit in an overcast St Peter’s Square on Wednesday. He told the thousands of pilgrims and tourists gathered, that in Cuba, he wished to embrace all Cubans without exception, to proclaim the transforming power of God’s mercy, and to renew the hope expressed by Saint John Paul II that Cuba will open itself to the world and the world to Cuba. He also underlined how travelling from Cuba to the United States of America was a symbolic step, likening it to a bridge God is rebuilding. The Pope said, God always wants to build bridges when…Continue Reading

On Flight Back Home . . . Pope Spoke To Journalists

September 29, 2015 breaking Comments Off on On Flight Back Home . . . Pope Spoke To Journalists

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is back in the Vatican after his 10th apostolic journey abroad which took him to Cuba, to the United States and to the United Nations in New York. During the flight that brought him back to Rome he spoke to journalists aboard the Papal plane, touching on many issues including his just concluded visit, the sex abuse scandal in the Church, the right to be a conscientious objector, a peace accord in Colombia, migration and the upcoming Synod on the Family. Linda Bordoni has this report: To the questions put to him by 11 journalists in different languages, Pope Francis’ answers ranged from the political to the personal. Describing his welcome to the United States warm,…Continue Reading