Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio

Why we can’t let go of the ‘Amoris’ debate just yet
- Commentary
- April 11, 2017
On the one-year anniversary of ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington says it’s time to celebrate the document’s ‘beauty and relevance.’ That would be easier to do, however, if Pope Francis were to clarify that Wuerl is right, that the document does not undercut Church teaching on the existence of intrinsically evil acts.
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Coccopalmerio says there’s no doctrinal confusion over ‘Amoris’
- Interviews
- February 21, 2017
Italian Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, who heads a Vatican office for the interpretation of Church law, says that as far as he’s concerned, there’s no legal confusion about the meaning of Pope Francis’s document ‘Amoris Laetitia’ and its implications for access to Communion.
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A pastor says the ‘Amoris’ mess on Communion must end
- Commentary
- February 19, 2017
From the in-the-trenches perspective of a pastor, the welter of competing guidelines and interpretations of ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is a mess. Why can’t the pope reaffirm timeless Catholic teaching, and set to work to revise the rules for annulments to reflect contemporary pastoral realities?
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Vatican’s legal chief says desire to change enough for Communion
- Global Church
- February 14, 2017
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, head of a Vatican office that interprets Church law, writes that Catholics in “non-legitimate” situations can receive Communion as long as they want to change their situation but cannot act on their desire because doing so would lead to further sin.
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