Amoris Laetitia

Bishops also considered the role of marriage tribunals and the need to form the consciences of those responsible for accompanying families.

Prior to his surgery, the pope requested that the meeting’s final synthesis report not be made public until he has had time to personally review it.

Pope Leo had been scheduled to preside over the closing Mass in St. Peter’s Square himself.

“We cannot ignore the fact that the number of marriages is currently declining throughout the world, both civil marriages and marriages celebrated in the Church.”

Cardinal Ferrão, the president of India’s bishops’ conference and archbishop of Goa and Daman, talked about a parish’s success with pastoral family visits and phone-free family evenings.

The Oct. 7-14 closed-door meeting of bishops, convened by Pope Leo, is focused on marriage and family.

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The Oct. 7-14 meeting is titled “Ten Years After ‘Amoris Laetitia’: Proclaiming the Gospel With Families Today.”

The gathering is intended “to proceed, in mutual listening, to a synodal discernment on the steps to be taken” to “proclaim the Gospel to families today.”