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The upcoming World Meeting of Families being held in Rome this month looks to be promoting a new understanding of the family in light of Amoris Laetitia.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – A Vatican official declared the upcoming World Meeting of Families will be focused on what she described as “Amoris Laetitia” families and “truly inclusive” to all, including to “LGBT families.” In a May 31 press conference for the upcoming 10th World Meeting of Families (WMOF) to be held in Rome in June, Professor Gabriella Gambino, the undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life revealed the event’s policy...

The priest’s presence at the World Meeting of Families caused considerable controversy before he took the stage.DUBLIN — Jesuit Fr. James Martin addressed Thursday more than 1,000 people at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin. His Aug. 23 talk, “Showing Welcome and Respect in our Parishes for ‘LGBT’ People and their Families,” encouraged Catholics to “welcome LGBT persons and their families,” into parish life. The priest said those with “homophobic” pastors, “either silently or overtly,” are “out of luck.” Parishes, he said, should strive to listen to LGBT parishioners — “trust that the Holy Spirit will guide them in...

A Cardinal who was heavily criticised for his handling of child sexual abuse allegations in the Pennsylvania grand jury report has withdrawn from a scheduled appearance at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin next week, it has been confirmed. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington, was due to give the keynote address, entitled “The Welfare of the Family is Decisive for the Future of the World,” in the RDS at 2.30pm next Wednesday. No reason has been provided for the decision. Cardinal Wuerl was bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1988 to 2006. The report of the grand jury,...