Anna Keating on how the Church is trying to reach out to those who have experienced what Pope Francis calls “a failure in love.” Read her piece on divorce and annulments and the upcoming Family Synod in America magazine here: Reaching Out to Those Who Have Experienced “A Failure in Love”. Listen to The Shins song “Gone for Good” after the jump:
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So what did the Synod on the Family achieve? Fr. James Martin highlights 5 things in America magazine here: 5 Things the Synod Did
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Pope Francis has announced new procedures to streamline the annulment process, emphasizing mercy and making it easier for Catholics with invalid marriages to remarry in the Catholic Church. Anna Keating on why this is happening in America here: Reaching Out to Those Who Have Experienced ‘A Failure in Love’. The Washington Post has the story here: Pope Francis Streamlines the Annulment Process. Listen to it on NPR after the jump:
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Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten. Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. Father Charles Dahm is leading a campaign in Chicago to help change that. Watch a video about his work from PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly after the jump:
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