As Catholic Church faces precarious cultural time, Bishop Robert Barron of Minnesota models thoughtful faith
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The Vatican in Rome will host the Synod on Synodality, led by Pope Francis, in October. Bishop Robert Barron on Minnesota, a delegate, has thoughts about a "welcoming" Catholic Church.
Beyond his clerical position, Barron is the popular priest behind Word On Fire, a global Catholic media ministry. Conservative Catholics have heavily criticized Pope Francis, calling the synod a "trojan horse" that is bent on changing the Church's core teachings on gender, sexuality and marriage. The Church must decide what it means by being a "welcoming church," said Bishop Barron. Barron's main focus is helping young Catholics understand their faith and not succumb to the indoctrination into a secular worldview that often happens when they go off to college. Bishop Barron prefers "love or compassion or charity language to ‘welcoming’ — because ‘welcoming’ is too vague" when referring to the Catholic Church, he said. Lauren Green currently serves as Fox News Channel's (FNC) chief religion correspondent based in the New York bureau. She joined FNC in 1996. Her new book is "Lighthouse Faith: God as a Living Reality in a World Immersed in Fog." She is host of Fox News Digital's "Spirited Debate."
A leading thinker and on-demand speaker, Barron is also the author of several best-selling books on theology and Catholic teaching, helping millions of Catholics, young and old, to navigate the difficult journey of living out their faith in a secular world.
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