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Leaving Canada, Pope Francis said it might be time to slow down as health declines

By Claire Giangravé — July 30, 2022
(RNS) – 'On the other hand, I might need to think about the possibility of stepping aside. It wouldn’t be a catastrophe,' the pope told reporters after his six-day 'penitential pilgrimage' to apologize to the Indigenous people of Canada.

The death of trust and the triumph of suspicion

By Thomas Reese — June 26, 2019
(RNS) — Unless we build bridges and trust, neither the church nor America has much of a future.

Fifty years later, scientist’s finding on birth control still challenges Catholic teaching

By Frank Maurovich — July 24, 2018
(RNS) — Many Catholic theologians warn that preserving an unscientific stance on birth control will weaken the Catholic Church's credibility on all sexual issues, not just birth control.

Bishops admit: We don’t know much about sex, need married advisers

By Rosie Scammell — October 16, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Fourteen married couples and other lay people have been brought in to fill the gaps in the churchmen's knowledge, advising the 270 bishops as they discuss family issues.
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