Posted on 06/24/2015 9:13:23 AM PDT by TomServo
Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis said Wednesday that it may be "morally necessary" for some families to split up, marking a change of tone in the Catholic Church's attitude to troubled marriages.
"There are cases in which separation is inevitable," he said during his weekly general audience, with a message hoping to encourage greater compassion in the Church ahead of a highly anticipated global meeting on family life in October.
"Sometimes, it can even be morally necessary, when it's about shielding the weaker spouse or young children from the more serious wounds caused by intimidation and violence, humiliation and exploitation," he said.
Francis said there were many families in "irregular situations" and the question should be how to best help them, and "how to accompany them so that the child does not become daddy or mummy's hostage".
The issue is likely to be addressed during the upcoming synod -- a gathering of bishops -- on the family, which Francis hopes will help reconcile Catholic thinking with the realities of believers' lives in the early 21st century.
A first synod on the issues last year saw riled conservative bishops mobilise to block the approval of language heralding an unprecedented opening to the gay community and greater flexibility on the treatment of divorced Catholics.
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Argentinian.
So. When are we going to be treated to exposes that he loves child pornography and “watching”. As a moral and religious authority he’s pretty much screwed the pooch as far as I am concerned. I might as well be listening carefully to what Al Sharpton or P-Diddy has to say.
Universally, there are always exceptions to virtually every rule. Those should be handled on a case by case basis. But you never surrender the point ahead of time, else the exceptions make the rule.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT??????
Our religion is FAMILY FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!
...all I can say is “Peter the Roman”
What he says is not wrong but it is wrong for him to say it.
Honest question;
can Catholics impeach or recall a Pope ?
The headline is a truism that I doubt anybody seriously disagrees with.
The problem of course is as always with regards to where to draw the line of necessity.
Evidently the Vatican has been purchased, and ‘Pope’ is now a registered trademark of BigCommie/Worldcorp.
Abusive families, particularly blended families, from the bit I read.
The headline is a bit... inflammatory.
Indeed. Well said.
Thanks for clearing THAT one up, Frank.
Next he’ll say abortion is necessary to combat anthropological global warming or because of the breakup of a family. The only question remaining is whether he say “necessary” or “necessary evil”?
What is it with the news today?
I have been shaking my head so much over the threads, I’m getting vertigo...
This false prophet continues to unveil his - and the religion’s - inherent evil. Nothing but a wolf in pope’s clothing!
And for the right amount of cash, you can get it so that it’s as if never occurred at all!
Oooh! Oooh! Ask him about whether abortion is justified in cases of rape.
Do you notice all the BLURRING of the Truth, this guy does????? He is such an anti-pope, it isn’t even funny any more.
Truth will set you Free. There is Objective Truth, God’s Laws, and Natural Law—the basis of Western Civ. and Rule of Law and the US Constitution and the Catholic Church.
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Who does this guy represent, anyhow????? Why is “Truth” so convoluted and buried in rhetoric (lies)???????
Quite right. My understanding is that Biblically the problem is not separating by necessity, but remarrying afterward.
You mean the way Obama split families to illegally import undocumented Democrats into this country, right Francis?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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