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Family Synod's final report sets new direction for Church


Dr Austen Ivereigh

Dr Austen Ivereigh

Austen Ivereigh writes for Catholic Voices today: "The Synod's final report, approved in its entirety by 265 voting members yesterday evening, has spelled out ways in which the Catholic Church across the world can both bolster the family and help integrate and heal those who are suffering from marriage breakdown. (The report is currently available only in Italian - See: http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/fr/bollettino/pubblico/2015/10/24/0816/01825.html )
Most reports last night zoomed in on the three paragraphs relating to the question of sacraments for the divorced and remarried, which has been the main source of division in the three-week synod, as well as the paragraph dealing with gay people.

"But the 91 other paragraphs in the relatio finalis are in many ways far more newsworthy, setting out a vision for the Church that amounts to one of the most significant shifts in pastoral approach in a generation.

"Following a through survey in Part I of the social, economic and cultural challenges to marriage and family across the globe, Part II reviews the key elements of Revelation and church teaching, reaffirming indissolubility and the link between marital love and openness to life of the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae. But while underscoring the importance of clear doctrine, the document warns against making judgements that fail to account the complexity of individual situations, while calling on the Church to be attentive to the ways in which people "live and suffer as result of their condition" (51)."

To continue reading Dr Ivereigh's comments for Catholic Voices see: http://cvcomment.org/2015/10/25/from-the-synod-16-final-report-sets-new-direction-for-church/

See also: ICN 24 October 2015 - Pope Francis addresses close of Family Synod www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=28644

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