Posted on 06/18/2022 11:21:30 AM PDT by ebb tide
In his preface to the June 15 Dicastery for Laity's document Catechumenal Itineraries for Married Life about preparing couples for matrimony, Francis is threatening to publish a new document about divorced remarried.
This document is about lengthening the preparation time for marriage while the real problem is that the number of Church marriages is dwindling dramatically.
Francis writes that it is "my heartfelt desire" to have this document followed "as soon as possible" by another containing "concrete pastoral steps" for "accompaniment" dedicated to adulterers.
He wants to ensure that adulterers “do not feel abandoned" and can find "accessible and fraternal places of welcome" and participate "in communities” - worries he has never expressed for simple Roman Rite Catholics.
Francis wants "to walk the via caritatis [= path of love]" with adulterers. This is indeed a positive step because the via caritatis for them consists in repentance, confession and renewal of life.
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