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The Tyranny of “Mercy”

October 18, 2014 Michael Matheson Miller 0

Synods of Bishops rarely attract so much attention as the current one has. Much of the interest, of course, is due to the German Cardinal Walter Kasper’s pre-synod proposal on divorce, remarriage, and the reception […]

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“I Hate Divorce”

October 17, 2014 Father Joseph Fessio, S.J. 0

During the extraordinary synod on the family—that was  the theme, wasn’t it?—as I have been praying the Divine Office I have reflected on the fact that the synod fathers were praying the same prayers and […]

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At the Synod: Circling Wagons

October 17, 2014 Mary Jo Anderson 0

The second week of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family draws to a close. Participants were divided into language groups to hammer out a more precise version of the ideas presented during the first week, […]