Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, talks with Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, as they leave the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. Also pictured is Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of Bologna, center. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See SYNOD-MESSAGES and SYNOD-CONCLUSION Oct. 18, 2014.
Synod ends by affirming tradition, leaving controversial questions open



