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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on April 12, 2016.

eNewsletter Subject: Preparing for confusion

It is no surprise, but some Catholic leaders are already staking out the most latitudinarian position possible for the Pope's new apostolic exhortation.

Thus La Civilta Cattolica insists the Pope has removed all barriers to Communion for the divorced and remarried: Jesuit editor says Pope has removed restrictions on divorced/remarried access to sacraments.

That's grossly overblown, of course, but it is true that Francis has stated that being in an irregular union does not make reception of Communion absolutely impossible, because under some circumstances the sins involved may not be mortal.

To understand the nature of the problem Pope Francis has put before us, see my analysis: The Controversy at the Heart of Amoris Laetitia....

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