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Four cardinals press Pope Francis to clarify divorce-remarriage stand

After not receiving an answer from Pope Francis on the issues raised in ‘Amoris Laetitia’ regarding communion for divorced or remarried Catholics, four cardinals reiterated their concerns in a new letter to the pope asking him for clarifications and an audience.

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.

Fake Vatican newspaper delivers new shot at Pope Francis

Vatican

February 10, 2017

Barely a week after Rome awoke to find anti-Pope Francis posters scattered around town, anonymous critics are at it again, this time with a satirical spoof of the Vatican newspaper claiming the pope replied both ‘yes’ and ‘no’ to a series of questions about his document ‘Amoris Laetitia.’

Rome wakes up to find city full of anti-Pope Francis posters
- Vatican
- February 4, 2017
On Saturday, posters appeared around Rome featuring a stern-looking Pope Francis and questioning “Where’s your mercy?” Although no group took credit, the fact that they spoke of a decapitation of the Order of Malta makes it easy to infer they came from conservative quarters.
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Cardinal says ‘only blind man’ could deny confusion caused by Pope
- Global Church
- January 14, 2017
Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, retired archbishop of Bologna and one of four cardinals who recently asked Pope Francis to clarify his positions in ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ said on Saturday the cardinals acted because “only a blind man could deny there’s great confusion, uncertainty and insecurity in the Church.”
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Vatican doctrine czar sees no need for ‘fraternal correction’ of Pope
- Vatican
- January 9, 2017
German Cardinal Gerhard Muller, the Vatican’s top doctrinal official, has said there’s no need for a “fraternal correction” of Pope Francis, as suggested by American Cardinal Raymond Burke, because the pope’s document “Amoris Laetitia” is clear in its doctrine.
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