USCCB President: Amoris Laetitia, A Tremendous Gift For Church And Families In The U.S. WASHINGTON—Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement today about the ongoing, fruitful reception and implementation in the United States of Pope Francis' Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia...Read More
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Pope lights torch for Family Week in Rome at audience (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis lit a symbolic torch at his Wednesday General Audience for the 'Week of the Family‘ event to be held by the Diocese of Rome on 2-8 October. The Holy Father said the flame was a ‘symbol of the love of Roman families and those of the whole world’.....Read More
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In Minnesota, Christian-Muslim Dialogue Turns Strangers Into Neighbors ST. CLOUD, Minn. — In the aftermath of the mall stabbing of nine people by a Somali-Muslim Sept. 17 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Muslims called on their friends at the Greater St. Cloud Area Faith Leaders for support. The group of 20 leaders from various faiths came together at the Catholic pastoral center to pray and strategize a sensible reaction to the violence. They emerged from their meeting ready to show a united front to a community whose racial-cultural stress points where under heavy pressure. This wasn’t just a crisis response, but the fruit of almost two years of ongoing Muslim-Christian dialogue...Read more