All True Marriage Is a Gift There is a “strong need,” in the Church and in the world, “to rediscover the meaning and value of the conjugal union between man and woman on which the family is founded,
Listen with a Pastoral Heart Pope Francis received members of the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota on Thursday at the start of their judicial year. Speaking to those gathered, he reflected on the theme of synodality with regard to annulment cases, reminding them that their mission is to be at the service of families. The Pope underlined that synodal work should see dialogue placed alongside judicial activity, in order to encourage a more general rethinking of the importance of the canonical process “for those who have experienced a marriage breakdown and, at the same time, for the harmony of relationships within the ecclesial community.”
Pope Francis addresses members of the Roman Rota in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Jan. 27, 2022. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Jan 27, 2022 / 07:25 am (CNA).
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Pope Francis addresses members of the Roman Rota in the Vatican s Clementine Hall, Jan. 27, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Jan 27, 2022 / 07:25 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Thursday urged members of the Catholic Church s highest court handling appeals of marriage annulment cases to work with a "synodal spirit." In his annual speech to the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota on Jan. 27, the pope recalled that the worldwide Church is engaged in a two-year consultation process ahead of the 2023 Synod on Synodality."The synodal path we are currently following also challenges our meeting, because it also involves the judicial sphere and your mission at the service of families, especially those who are wounded and in need of the balm of mercy," he said in his address in the Vatican s Clementine Hall.The Roman Rota is one of the three courts of the Holy See, along with the Apostolic Penitentiary and the Apostolic Signatura. Among the Rota s primary responsibilities is co