osv.comSeptember 18, 2014
 
Synod on the Family: A primer
We break down everything you need to know about the much-anticipated two-week meeting of bishops that begins Oct. 5 at the Vatican.
  
  
Telling their story
A Wisconsin couple reflects on what it will be like to be the only American couple attending the extraordinary synod.
  
  
Big shoes to fill in Chicago
OSV Senior Correspondent Matthew Bunson writes on the significance of the Archdiocese of Chicago in the U.S. Church and looks at eight potential successors to Cardinal Francis George.
  
  
The joy of service
Sometimes we have a difficult time remembering to put the needs of others in front of our own. In this first part of a two-part series, Marge Fenelon looks at how families foster an attitude of service.
  
  
On the docket
The new term of the Supreme Court begins Oct. 6, and marriage and religious liberty issues are expected to be addressed.
  
  
Erlandson: Insulting marriage
Society is at the point where weddings are more of a spectacle than the start of a lifelong commitment.
  
  


"From this cross flows the mercy of the father which embraces the entire world."
-- Pope Francis, during his Angelus on Sept. 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
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