Pope Francis will not change on indissolubility of marriage, says Archbishop Gänswein
October 08, 2014
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the prefect of the pontifical household, has told an Italian magazine the Pope Francis has no intention of changing Church teaching regarding the indissolubility of marriage.
“As far as I can see Pope Francis is following the line of his predecessors, whose teaching on matrimony is very clear,” said Archbishop Gänswein. He observed to Chi magazine that “starting a new union contradicts what the Lord has indicated.”
"The Church must have the courage to express its convictions, as otherwise it would not be in the service of truth," the German prelate added. Archbishop Gänswein was personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, and now works with both the retired Pontiff and Pope Francis.
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Posted by: ILM -
Oct. 09, 2014 3:51 PM ET USA
The doctrine of "indissolubility of marriage" becomes meaningless, if the Communion Rail is opened to people who are divorced and remarried without an annulment.
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Posted by: -
Oct. 09, 2014 10:25 AM ET USA
Francis certainly cannot change Church teaching on marriage but he can undermine it and allow the cascade of annulments to continue to pile up, overwhelming the Roman Rota where annulments seem to be rubberstamped, anyway. The secular culture has not done so much damage to marriage as has the Church carelessness on it. As the Church goes, so goes the culture - not the other way around.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Oct. 08, 2014 7:20 PM ET USA
All this talk about "changing Church teaching" once again recalls the rampant dissent in the wake of Vatican II. Is the indissolubility of marriage merely a discipline, or is it a bulwark against the mortal sin of adultery that carries with it the pain of hell?
