Pope Leo XIV speaks on October 7, 2026, as he opens the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops’ conferences marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love). Photo: OSV News / Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media. Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), Pope Francis’s 2016 exhortation on love, marriage and family life, emerged from extensive consultation and two Synods of Bishops. Ten years later, Pope Leo XIV called an Assembly of families, bishops and experts in Rome to take stock. What are the takeaways? The Synthesis Report has not yet been published,…
