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Impact of Pope's U.S. Visit | September 25, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

September 29, 2015
American Catholics, says Rev. Thomas Reese of National Catholic Reporter, live out their faith in the local parish, and "they want to meet somebody like Pope Francis. And if the clergy and the bishops and the people aren’t like Pope Francis, or namely like Jesus, more welcoming, compassionate, loving, they’re going to turn around and never come back." More →

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Father James Halstead Extended Interview | September 25, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

September 29, 2015
“The American post-Enlightenment contractual idea of marriage—that is, marriage is what we decide it is—is an incredibly powerful idea that haunts the minds of American Catholics…The under-65 crowd is much more into contractual understandings of marriage than covenantal understandings of … More →

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Pope Francis and Family Issues | September 25, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS

September 29, 2015
The Catholic Church's stand on marriage, divorce, and contraceptives can seem out of step with the modern world—even to Catholics. Those who want to see reforms, such as making the process for obtaining an annulment easier, have been encouraged by recent statements of Pope Francis. But unhappy Catholics are still leaving the Church, and bishops will have to decide at a meeting in Rome next month on the family in the Church and in the contemporary world what to try to do about it. More →

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