Pope Francis’ highly anticipated apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia, on love in the family,” came out on Friday, immediately generating wide and varied reaction. Here, Crux presents two different takes.
Two views on Pope Francis' 'Magna Carta for the family'
By Crux Staff
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Copies of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation ‘ Amoris Laetitia ‘ (The Joy of Love) document are on display prior to the start of a press conference, at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2016. Pope Francis has insisted that individual conscience be the guiding principle for Catholics negotiating the complexities of sex, marriage and family life in a major document released Friday that repudiates the centrality of black and white rules for the faithful. In the 256-page document “The Joy of Love,” released Friday, Francis makes no change in church doctrine. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)