” Maybe Pope Francis was simply was asking to look at how the Orthodox Christians do it.”
You’ll note that he explicitly put the discussion of how the Orthodox do it in verbal parentheses.
I guess I just don’t follow what this “discussion” is going to be about.
If changing doctrine is not up for grabs, then why meet? Is the Catholic Church doing something wrong to the divorced and remarried? It seems that the mere fact that there needs to be a discussion means it is. So, if it is doing something wrong, what is it? As far as I know it requires an annulment before communion. How is this not merciful? How is this a problem?
Also, parentheses or not, why is a Catholic pope even considering how the Orthodox do things?