On the night before assembling a Synod of bishops on the family in Rome earlier this month, Pope Francis prayed for "a sincere, open and fraternal exchange of views, that it might lead us to take pastoral responsibility for the questions that this changing time brings with it."
If the media frenzy surrounding a recent report of what the bishops have discussed thus far is any indication, the pope got what he prayed for -- and then some.
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