That does not get Pope Francis off the hook. Ambiguity can be more dangerous that formal, technical heresy, inasmuch as it slips past a person's immune system and then quietly infects the mind and heart before the person realizes it.
For instance:
"“Some forms of union radically contradict this ideal, while others realize it in at least a partial and analogous way.” AL 292.That *could* mean, "homosexual union radically contradicts this ideal, while a marriage with "the impediment of disparity of cult" (i.e. to a non-Catholic) realizes it in at least a partial and analogous way."
It *could* mean that, and that would be a solid, orthodox interpretation -- but we don't really know what Pope Francis was thinking of, and it's amazing that in a 60,000 word document, he wouldn't even define his key terms!!
Another example:
"Hence it is can no longer simply be said that all those in any “irregular” situation are living in a state of mortal sin and are deprived of sanctifying grace." AL 339
That *could* mean, "Even though there exists the objective, grave matter of serious sin here, we cannot say that all these people are living in a state of mortal sin, since the elements of sufficient knowledge and free consent of the will may not be present."
It *could* mean that, but it's too vague to say exactly what Pope Francis has in mind here. For instance, people might have entered into an objectively invalid second marriage, on the advice of a bad priest who told them it would be OK! They are doing something gravely and objectively morally wrong, but mortal sin cannot be imputed to them subjectively, because they did not realize this trusted priest was totally in the wrong!
Therein lies the danger: the erosion of good doctrine and practice, due to these slovenly (?) or are they hand-crafted (?) equivocations.
Showing that ... well, tagline.
The Pope’s interview on the plane ride back from Lesbos makes his heretical intents in Amoris Laetitia quite clear:
>>(Frank Rocca, Wall Street Journal) If you permit me, I’d like to ask you another question about an event of recent days, which was your apostolic exhortation. As you well know, there has been much discussion about on one of the many, I know that we’ve focused on this a lot…there has been much discussion after the publication. Some sustain that nothing has changed with respect to the discipline that regulates access to the sacraments for the divorced and remarried, that the Law, the pastoral praxis and obviously the doctrine remain the same. Others sustain that much has changed and that there are new openings and possibilities. For a Catholic who wants to know: are there new, concrete possibilities that didn’t exist before the publication of the exhortation or not?<<
>>Pope Francis: I can say yes, period. <<
Are you not married to a non-Catholic? Do you consider your union to be"irregular" and only a partial and analagous comparison to Marriage?