[ebb tide]

...the church could tolerate, though not accept, a second union.

Dang. That sounds like something Obama would say about Syria or the Ukraine: "tolerate, though not accept".

[piusv]

Am I understanding this correctly? The Friendly Ghost is suggesting that the Church begin to allow Confession in lieu of getting an annulment? Confession would be enough to allow the divorced and remarried to receive communion? Because the person going to confession believes in his heart that his first marriage was invalid?