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Krakow, Poland, Jun 9, 2017 / 11:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The pastoral care of families was one of the key areas of discussion for Poland's bishops in their latest plenary assembly, which focused on continuity between the teaching of St. John Paul II and Pope Francis.“The bishops understand that the Church thinks in a linear way; it's not a change of teaching, but it is in one line,” Fr. Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman for the Polish bishops' conference, told CNA June 9.“In Familiaris consortio and Amoris laetitia you have one line in terms of teaching on the family,” he said, noting that a large chuck of the first day of their June 6-7 plenary focused on the progress of guidelines for the application of Amoris laetitia regarding the pastoral care of families in general, as well as couples in irregular unions.According to the official communique issued after the plenary assembly, the main idea guiding discussion of the issue was “that Famili...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Cindy BlackBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Cindy Black's copy of "EvangeliiGaudium" -- Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the church's mission toevangelize the modern world -- is worn from use, marked up and with notes init.Black,executive director of Redeemer Radio, a Catholic radio station based in FortWayne, Indiana, said she is inspired overall by the 2013 text, which sheconsiders a guide, but one sentence particularly stops her in her tracks.Theline, from paragraph 49 reads: "If something should rightly disturb us andtrouble our consciences, it is the fact that so many of our brothers andsisters are living without the strength, light and consolation born offriendship with Jesus Christ, without a community of faith to support them,without meaning and a goal in life."Thatquote, for her, sums up why Catholics need to share their faith and it has beenher own motivation in recent years. She also takes to heart a message CapuchinFather Raniero Cantalamess...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota police officer charged in the death of a black motorist testified Friday that the man was pulling out his gun and ignoring his commands to stop when he shot him....
NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN cut ties with author and television host Reza Aslan on Friday, less than a week after he profanely referred to President Donald Trump in a tweet about the London terror attacks....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Twelve employees of a Democrat-linked group focused on mobilizing black voters in Indiana are accused of submitting fake or fraudulent voter registration applications ahead of last year's general election in order to meet quotas, according to charging documents filed Friday....
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A doctor charged with killing a Yale University physician over a workplace dispute pleaded no contest Friday to lesser charges and agreed to serve 32 years in prison....
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Inside a mosque in the college town of Eugene, a half-dozen men prostrated themselves on a carpet while another man led the midday prayers. Over his melodic recitation came a tapping sound as a locksmith installed higher-grade locks on the front door....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump accused Qatar on Friday of funding terrorism "at a very high level," and said solving the problem in the tiny Persian Gulf nation could be "the beginning of the end of terrorism."...
LONDON (AP) -- In a political drama both brutal and surreal, British Prime Minister Theresa May tried Friday to carry on with the business of governing as usual, while her Conservative Party reeled from losing its parliamentary majority and her opponents demanded she resign....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump claimed Friday that James Comey cleared him of wrongdoing in his testimony to Congress. That's not what the fired FBI chief did....
