The provisions of “Amoris Laetitia” allow people in irregular marriage situations access to the sacraments only if they recognize their situation is sinful and desire to change it, according to the cardinal who heads the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.
Vatican canon law official explains provisions of ‘Amoris Laetitia’
Wuerl: ‘Amoris Laetitia’ about accompanying couples amid life’s challenges
Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl addressed a workshop on the papal document, “Amoris Laetitia,” for seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington.
Bishops need shared approach to ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ new cardinal says
Cardinal-designate Kevin J. Farrell believes the U.S. bishops as a whole should have discussed pastoral guidelines for implementing Pope Francis’ exhortation on the family before individual bishops began issuing guidelines for their own dioceses.
‘Amoris Laetitia’ at three months: Communion question still debated
Three months after the publication of Pope Francis’ exhortation on marriage and family, bishops and bishops’ conferences around the world are studying practical ways to apply it. Some still disagree on what exactly the pope meant.
Five bishops named to ‘Amoris Laetitia’ implementation working group
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The archbishop who heads the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has appointed the chairmen of five USCCB committees to an informal working group […]
Do not ask me to remember
Printed on a plain card with no attribution of authorship is an “Alzheimer’s Poem” that a friend of mine sent me the other day. My friend’s […]
Pope Francis’ ‘The Joy of Love’ and family policy
In his recently released exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis affirms the family as the foundational unit of society, the place where children […]
In latest document, pope speaks from heart about motherhood
Pope Francis, in his apostolic exhortation “The Joy of Love” (“Amoris Laetitia”), speaks to mothers from his heart as a man who truly honored and revered […]