St. John Paul II Adviser’s ‘Amoris Laetitia’ Follow-Up [Catholic Caucus]

National Catholic Register ^ | 6/20/2016 | Robert Spaemann

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The Pope complained that some — incited by the media — go more or less out of the way of his countless discussions on the alarming state of the family in order to get tied up on a footnote on the topic of receiving holy Communion. But the pre-synodal public discussion revolved only once around this topic, because there is actually only a yes-or-no answer here. The debate was continued, and, indeed, equally controversial as before, because the Pope refused to quote his predecessors’ clear statements concerning this matter and because his answer is so obviously equivocal that everyone can interpret — and does interpret — his words in favor of one’s own opinion.

[Mrs. Don-o]

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If the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith sees himself by now forced to publicly accuse one of the closest episcopal advisers and papal ghostwriter of heresy, then things have already gone too far.