US EditionPope Leo endorses Francis’ divisive 2016 text on Communion after civil remarriage
Pope Leo XIV endorsed Pope Francis’ 2016 Amoris Laetitia, citing pastoral care advances and called bishops to Rome in October to discuss family ministry next steps.
- On March 19, Pope Leo XIV announced he is asking presidents of bishops’ conferences to convene in Rome in October, marking the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' 2016 text as a luminous message of hope.
- Running more than 50,000 words, the 2016 exhortation 'Amoris Laetitia' was signed by Pope Francis on March 19, 2016, and sparked controversy by opening the door to civilly remarried Catholics receiving Communion.
- Publishing in L'Osservatore Romano signaled approval as the Maltese church said Catholics in new civil unions who find peace with God cannot be denied Reconciliation and the Eucharist.
- Aiming to renew pastoral practice, Pope Leo said the Church’s commitment to marriage and family must be deepened to attract young people and support conjugal love, on the Solemnity of St. Joseph.
- Disagreement persists among theologians and Church leaders as four conservative cardinals filed 'dubia' within a year, and petitions later accused Francis of heresy.
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Just scrap Amoris laetitia
News from around the Church and the world… Pope Leo has called for a meeting of the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences to Rome in October. The topic? The controversial document Amoris laetitia, Pope Francis’s document on the family that opened the door for divorced-and-remarried Catholics to receive Communion. My (unrealistic) hope is that they decide to scrap it completely. Source
Pope Leo praises divisive text by Francis on remarried Catholics
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday praised a text by his predecessor Francis on the hot-button issue of divorced and remarried Catholics, and convened bishops to discuss the Church's approach to family matters.
The announcement in a message issued today on the occasion of the ten years since the promulgation of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation "Amoris Laetitia." An initiative for a "synodal discernment in the light of what is being accomplished in the local Churches." "Let us learn to evoke the beauty of the vocation to marriage in the recognition of fragility. Without families the Church cannot become salt of the earth."
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