Portugal’s bishops have embraced Amoris, but can’t conceal their divisions by Filipe Avillez Two years after Amoris Laetitia, many dioceses around the world haven’t yet implemented the document. Over the past few months, however, Portuguese bishops have been jumping on the Amoris bandwagon. While none has come out against the exhortation’s proposals, the process has
My father says there is one place in our Hampshire town where people of every nationality meet. It’s not one of the cavernous pubs, whitewashed social clubs or sprawling sports grounds. It’s the local Catholic church. He’s right: in the upper gallery where I sit with my boisterous children, there are Indian families to the
✣ Catholics grapple with new papal exhortation What happened? Pope Francis released his third apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate (“Rejoice and Be Glad”), in which he aimed to “repropose” the call to holiness in everyday life. The document was widely praised overall, but certain passages provoked controversy – for instance, a section on “New pelagians” condemned
✣ Highlights from the week online An embarrassing admission – but why? My wife dreads being asked what she does for a living, said Tom Utley in the Daily Mail. “It’s not that she’s ashamed of her job – on the contrary, she’s proud of it and enjoys the fulfilment of working for what she
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