The work involved in devising and celebrating a liturgy on marriage, if it is truly inclusive, will help to put into focus the complex reality of people’s relationships today, and the ways they need support POPE FRANCIS called for renewed prayers for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Family during the General Audience with pilgrims in St Peter’s Square on the Solemnity of the Annunciation. He said that this feast marked a special stage in the journey of ­catechesis on the family, saying that “there is a great need for prayer, prayer which is full of love for the family and for life”. Of course the parish should pray; but one of our teenagers challenged the parish pastoral team by wanting to know what exactly the parish was doing to support marriage and fami