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Letter Number Nine | Xavier Rynne II, ed. | First Things

In today’s LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD…

  • Xavier Rynne II takes a closer look at a largely unnoticed proposal in the Synod’s Instrumentum Laboris, an “unexploded bomb” the Fathers would do well to defuse.
  • George Weigel reflects on the place of the suffering Church, especially the martyrs of today, in the Synod’s discussions on the family.
  • Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Service, USA, discusses how his experience as a pastor shapes his understanding of the crisis in marriage and the family, and how these experiences shape his hopes for the Synod.


Letter Number Nine | Xavier Rynne II, ed. | First Things

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