Part 8: A Dialogue on Race — In the United States, discussions of challenges to the family would not be complete without the perspective of the black community. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta, chair of the U.S. bishop new task force on race, discusses this experience with his communications director, Paula Gwynn Grant. Get the book at http…

Part 7: Finding the Poor - Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, shares how family issues intersect with the lives of the millions of people served each year by Catholic Charities in the United States. Get the book at https://www.osv.com/Shop/Product?ProductCode=T1763 and subscribe to this new feed at http://f…

Part 6: Wonderfully Complicated - Two bishops with very different dioceses share the practical challenges of meeting people where they are” in their everyday realities, as Pope Francis calls for in The Joy of Love. Get the book at https://www.osv.com/Shop/Product?ProductCode=T1763 and subscribe to this new feed at http://feeds2.feedburner.com/joyof…

Part 5: The Mercy Beat – Mercy is central to understanding the teaching of Pope Francis. Two women, Sister Sharon Euart and Dawn Eden Goldstein, who’ve made mercy key to their work in the Church share how the Catholic Church understands the experience of God’s mercy and sharing mercy with others.Get the book at https://www.osv.com/Shop/Product?Prod…

Part 4: The Two D’s - The Vatican encouraged reading The Joy of Love through the perspectives of discernment and dialogue. Two U.S. bishops with backgrounds in each of these areas explains what the Catholic Church means by each of them. Get the book at https://www.osv.com/Shop/Product?ProductCode=T1763 and subscribe to this new feed at http://feeds…

Part 3: Getting Good Reception - New documents and teachings in the Catholic Church have to find their way into the hands, hearts and lives of people in the pews. Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Ca. describes the challenges associated with this important process as the Church receives Pope Francis’ The Joy of Love. Get the book at https://www…

Part 2: Something to Process - In this installment, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington describes how Amoris Laetitia not only expresses the constant teaching of the Catholic Church but is also an inviting call to all families to strive to be faithful amid the challenges of contemporary secular society. Get the book at https://www.osv.com/Shop/P…

Part 1: Family of families - Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, speaks to why family is such an important issue for the Catholic Church, why it's central to society and why Pope Francis would dedicate a lengthy teaching document, Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), to it. https://www.osv.com/Shop/Product?Produc…