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Pope Francis emphasizes the vocation of St. Francis de Sales and his teaching that "in every situation in life where the greatest love is to be found." In the section on the criterion of love, Pope Francis quotes the saint: “It is love that grants perfection to our works. I will tell you much more.
Pope Francis states that the family is an image of the Trinity, Christ's love for the Church, and "the espousal of our human nature by the Son of God". (paragraphs 71 and 73) This chapter touches on "imperfect situations" and "wounded families" and calls pastors "to exercise careful discernment of situations".
The stamp is dedicated to the pastoral visit of Francis to Azerbaijan on 2 October 2016. Pope Francis upheld the Second Vatican Council's tradition by promoting ecumenism with other Christian denominations, encouraging dialogue with other religions, and supporting peace with secular individuals.
In 2016, Pope Francis published the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia.Various media outlets said there was a potential change in Church teaching on the reception of the Eucharist by those who have divorced and remarried, to which the media said Francis alluded in footnote no. 351, [6] which reads (with footnoted body text in italics):
Pope Francis Says Intentionally Allowing Migrants To Die Is A 'Grave Sin' He praised groups like ResQ which seeks to protect desperate migrants and refugees in danger in the Mediterranean Sea. The ...
The Christian Family: Good News for the Third Millennium. Scheduled to be the first papal visit to the Philippines in the 21st century and 3rd millennium and the fourth visit overall, but it did not happen and instead the first in the said century and millennium is Pope Francis' visit to the country 12 years later in 2015 because Pope John Paul ...
The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life is a dicastery of the Roman Curia. Pope Francis announced its creation on 15 August 2016, effective 1 September 2016. It took over the functions and responsibilities of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. It has responsibility "for the promotion of the life ...
The council of the Synod of Bishops met with Pope Francis from 25–26 May 2015 to review the responses received. [16] The synod's general secretary reviewed them all, and incorporated them into a document that was used for the 2015 assembly. [16] Pope Francis also gave a series of catechetical sessions with the theme of the family in 2014 and ...