Category Archives: Humanum

In full: Lord Sacks speech that brought Vatican conference to its feet

[From Austen Ivereigh in Rome] Among many speeches yesterday following Pope Francis’s address to the Humanum colloquium on complementarity, that of Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, was the standout, bringing the audience of 300 in … Continue reading

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Pope Francis to Humanum conference: family crisis is ‘ecological’

[From Austen Ivereigh in Rome] The breakdown of marriage and family under the weight of a “culture of the provisional” has led to an “ecological” crisis in society, Pope Francis today told participants in an international Vatican conference this morning. He … Continue reading

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