Tag: Synod
Major issues facing Church selected as themes for Limerick Synod
Areas of concern among some of the 4,000 respondents to a questionnaire informing the first Synod to take place in Limerick for 70 years include gay marriage and equality for gay people, themes which are “very much on the agenda” ahead of the 2016 think tank.
LGBT Catholics Pray for Church Leaders Meeting With Pope Francis in Rome
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, announced that LGBT Catholics and allied faithful will gather in four U.S. cities to pray the rosary and hold vigils as part of a national effort to send a message of acceptance and inclusion during a bishops’ meeting with Pope Francis in Rome.
Homosexuality, divorce & remarriage up for discussion at Vatican synod
Pope Francis has urged bishops to put aside personal prejudices and has called for frankness, courage and humility within the Catholic church.