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Will Pope Francis’s manifesto on family bring change?

Clip: 4/8/2016 | 10m 20s

Pope Francis called for Catholics to put conscience over dogma on critical moral issues.

In a landmark manifesto on family life, Pope Francis called for Catholics to put conscience over dogma on critical moral issues. His statement also suggested a possible relaxing of the ban on divorced Catholics taking communion. Judy Woodruff gets reactions from Gloria Purvis of Global Catholic Network, Amanda June Gargus of Georgetown University and Marianne Duddy-Burke of DignityUSA.

04/08/2016 | Rating NR

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