VIDEOS

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan discusses the importance of countercultural bishops at the synod on the family.

Alice and Jeff Heinzen, a lay couple participating in the synod on the family, discuss the importance of Natural Family Planning to the church's teaching on the family.

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher discusses the relationship between church teaching and pastoral care.

Parishioners at Rome’s Church of Santa Susanna discuss their hopes for the synod on the family.

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl discusses the difference between doctrinal teachings on marriage and the application of those teachings in regard to the reception of Communion.

The Synod on the family opened with a vigil and Mass in St. Peter's Square Oct. 4-5.

Cardinal Walter Kasper discusses the nature of divorced and civilly remarried relationships.

Pope Francis spoke of the importance of recognizing our God-given gifts within the context of the Christian community during his general audience Oct. 1.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix spelled out his thoughts about the Church in Arizona in his inaugural “State of the Catholic Church” address Sept. 23.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis warned against the abandonment and neglect of the elderly, calling it a "hidden euthanasia" rooted in today's "poisonous" culture of disposal and an economic system of greed. In the presence of his predecessor, Pope Francis also thanked retired Pope Benedict XVI for staying to live at the Vatican and being like "a wise grandfather at home."