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Family needs defense by ‘heroes’ in dark world, cardinal tells delegates
In a keynote speech at the World Meeting of Families, Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah explored the scriptural tension of good and evil in the family.
Parking policy forces unexpected closure of vendor exhibits
For a World Meeting of Families congress that has gone smoothly so far, a glitch arose Thursday, Sept. 24 as hundreds of exhibitors packed up their wares, at a loss.
Understanding marriage can lead to healthier society, speakers assert
Legal scholars told delegates at the World Meeting of Families of the pitfalls of today's marriage debate that fails to define marriage itself.
Canadian speaker tells of personal experience with divorce, annulment
As the director of the Catholic Organization for Life and Family, Michele Boulva is well-known in the Canadian Catholic Church. Yet at the World Meeting of Families Sept. 23, she mentioned something she had never told publicly before.
Cardinal warns of harm to families due to climate change
“Let us not bequeath a wilderness” to future generations, Cardinal Peter Turkson said of the environment and Pope Francis' encyclical during a World Meeting of Families talk Sept. 23.
March into the world in image of God, bishop tells families’ congress
Bishop Robert Barron, one of the Catholicism's most acclaimed speakers (besides Pope Francis), reminded the World Meeting of Families' attendees of their prophetic roles rooted in the Bible.
Church leaders affirm commitment to family as world meeting kicks off
Known as the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia will be "the city of family love" and the "world capital of families" during the four-day World Meeting of Families, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
Archbishop Chaput leads 10,000 in prayer at World Meeting Mass
The archbishop celebrated Mass for the intentions of the family, along with 100 bishops and 600 priests, on the first day of the World Meeting of Families.
World Meeting opens, welcoming thousands of families to city
Some 18,000 people filled the Pa. Convention Center in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families. Some came from afar, some came brightly attired, all came exuding joy.
Bishop tells families to be God’s image for secularized society
Being created in the image of God is a mission, an adventure and a command that each Catholic is called to carry out into the world and something we need to rediscover as people of faith living in today's secularized culture, said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles Sept. 21.