MP 030: Pope Francis, Controversy, and the Family
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2015
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
"Where there is a family with love, that family is capable of warming the heart of a whole city with its witness of love."
- Pope Francis
Our Holy Father has a pastor's heart, but often his quotes become controversial. He speaks directly to families, those suffering, and to those in power in a frank, honest fashion. With the Holy Father coming to the United States and the upcoming Synod on the Family, we are taking time in this podcast to discuss his words, some of his challenging comments, and why some of the things he says are taken in a negative light. We all have a responsibility to prayerfully reflect on his words with the knowledge that they are spoken by the Vicar of Christ. We welcome you to listen to our thoughts and share your opinions with us.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to messy parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:08.4 | And I'm Alicia Hernan. And this is a hopefully a conversation starter for you and your spouse on hopefully some interesting topics of marriage and family. We are, we've been married for 21 years and have 10 children, ages 3 to 20. |
| 0:24.2 | And we're offering some of the insights from our ups and downs and experiences of the last 21 years. |
| 0:29.2 | And we think this is going to be a really, one of our most popular podcast because we're talking about a very popular person, the most popular person in the world, actually, right now. |
| 0:37.1 | That's right. That's right. Yeah, yeah. So this is going to be an interesting podcast, |
| 0:42.1 | hopefully a little bit different, but hopefully we'll start some conversations. I think we should, |
| 0:47.0 | the Catholic Church in the world, particularly in the United States, should be talking about |
| 0:50.7 | Papa Francis. Right. So in light of the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, we thought we |
| 0:58.3 | would open with the prayer for the World Meetings of Families. |
| 1:01.4 | Well, actually, it's a prayer for the Synod that the Pope, it's co-alides with the World Meeting |
| 1:07.3 | Family, but it's really for the sin. |
| 1:08.7 | Coincides, co-olides, whatever that. |
| 1:16.5 | Just making up words that go along here. Strategory. Yeah. I love that word. Okay, so let's begin with prayer. And this is again, Pope Francis's prayer. And the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, |
| 1:21.1 | Amen. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendor of true love. To you we turn with trust. Holy Family of |
| 1:31.0 | Nazareth grant that our families too may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the gospel |
| 1:38.1 | and small domestic churches. Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience violence, rejection, |
| 1:46.7 | and division. May all who have been hurt or scandalized find ready comfort and healing. |
| 1:52.8 | Holy Family of Nazareth, may the approaching Senate of bishops make us once more mindful of |
| 1:59.7 | the sacredness and the inviability of the family and its beauty |
| 2:03.3 | in God's plan. |
| 2:05.1 | Jesus, Mary, and Joseph graciously hear our prayer. |
| 2:08.7 | Amen. |
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