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Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops on the family, before a session of the synod at the Vatican on 9 October. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

Special Report : Take a positive approach to families, synod members say

The first week of the Synod of Bishops on the Family ended with near unanimous calls to be more.

14 Oct 2015

Among those impressed by the words of the Pope at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia recently are married couple Joseph and Brigid Eastgate, from Brisbane, Queensland. PHOTO: Supplied

World Meeting of Families a perfect prelude to synod

There could not have been a better event leading up to the Synod of Bishops on the Family than the.

14 Oct 2015

Pope Francis participates in prayer at the opening session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican on 5 October 2015. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

Pope says synod is not parliament, but a place to listen to the Holy Spirit

The world Synod of Bishops on the family is not a parliament where participants will negotiate or.

07 Oct 2015

Pope Francis speaks with journalists aboard his flight from Philadelphia to Rome on 27 September 2015. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

Pope says he left US praying for, impressed by, its people

As the American Airlines plane taking him to Rome from Philadelphia took off, Pope Francis said he.

01 Oct 2015

Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass in Revolution Square in Havana on 20 September. PHOTO: CNS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters

Serve people, not ideology, Pope tells Cubans at Havana Mass

As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer relationships and greater ease of communication and.

24 Sep 2015

Cubans walk under a Pope Francis billboard in Havana, Sept. 14, 2015. Pope Francis' 10th foreign trip will be the longest of his pontificate and, with stops in Cuba, three U.S. cities and the United Nations, it also will be a "very complex trip," the papal spokesman said. PHOTO: CNS/Enrique de la Osa, Reuters

‘Complex’ trip to Cuba, US will be Pope’s longest

Pope Francis' tenth foreign trip will be the longest of his pontificate and, with stops in Cuba,.

17 Sep 2015

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