Announcing new series of talks about family, pope reviews synod

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The October extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family was not the scene of "a clash between factions, but of a debate among bishops," a work that will continue with the 2015 general synod "for the good of families, the church and society," Pope Francis said.

Announcing a new series of Wednesday general audience talks about the family, the pope insisted Dec. 10 that no one at the extraordinary synod "called into question the fundamental truths about the sacrament of marriage: its indissolubility, unity, fidelity and openness to life."

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