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The laity has spoken and the Church must learn
The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have published an extraordinarily candid piece of criticism of the Church taken from a summary of responses to a consultation conducted in preparation for the forthcoming international synod of bishops in Rome next month, on the subject of marriage and family life.
An editorial in The Tablet states that “they want a Church that engages with married life and its messy difficulties realistically and humanely, not one offering idealistic textbook answers.”
One respondent is quoted as saying: “It would seem that right now the Church may well have more to learn from marriage and family life than to teach.”ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM SUBMITS RESIGNATION TO THE VATICAN
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Move clergy out of Rome to refresh the curial mindset – and to be kinder to priests
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Robert Mickens: Letter from Rome
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