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Ignore the misleading headlines: the remarried cannot ‘now receive Communion’
September 19, 2016
The Church's teaching has been consistent from the early Church to modern Popes. Last week's events didn't change it
Teach future priests that life has grey areas, Pope urges Jesuits
August 26, 2016
In a meeting with 28 Jesuit priests, the Pope encouraged clergy to practice 'spiritual discernment' when advising those seeking help
As the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk show, divorce isn’t always inevitable when a marriage breaks down
August 24, 2016
Perhaps the Duke and Duchess could share their experience of how they refounded their marriage with struggling couples
Amoris Laetitia is inspiring Catholics to reach out to the divorced
August 10, 2016
If divorce is a disease, then the Church has the ability to both prevent and cure it
Theologians: Amoris Laetitia needs clarification against ‘heretical’ interpretations
July 18, 2016
A letter sent to all 218 cardinals and patriarchs requests that the document be clarified against false readings
Bishop Egan promises pastoral reform, but no change in discipline, in wake of Amoris Laetitia
July 08, 2016
The bishop says he would like both clergy and lay people to 'review and develop our pastoral practice'
There’s a good reason that annulments in India now have no legal force
July 07, 2016
India's Supreme Court has made technical bigamists of Catholics who have remarried after an annulment. But it has not acted unreasonably
Pope Francis says a ‘large majority’ of marriages are invalid
June 17, 2016
But the Vatican press office changed 'large majority' to 'a part' in its official transcript
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