"Pope" Francis approves the granting of sacraments to adulterers under certain circumstances
"Pope" Francis approves the granting of sacraments to adulterers under certain circumstances:
" 5) when the specific circumstances of a couple make it feasible, especially when they are both Christians with a path of faith, the commitment to live in continence can be proposed. Amoris Laetitia does not ignore the difficulties of this option (CF. Note 329) and leave open the possibility of access to the sacrament of reconciliation when it fails to that purpose (CF. Note 364, according to the teaching of st. John Paul II to cardinal w. Baum, 22/03/1996
(6) in other more complex circumstances, and when a declaration of invalidity could not be obtained, the above option may not be feasible. However, a path of discernment is also possible. If it is acknowledged that, in a specific case, there are limitations that mitigate responsibility and guilt (CF. 301-302), particularly when a person considers that he would fall in a further absence by damaging the children of the new union, amoris laetitia Open the possibility of access to the sacraments of reconciliation and Eucharist (CF. Notes 336 and 351: these in turn provide the person to continue to grow and grow with the strength of grace.
7) but we must avoid understanding this possibility as unfettered access to the sacraments. .."
Bergoglio's explicit approval:
" the writing is very good and fully explicit the meaning of chapter viii of amoris laetitia. There are no other interpretations."
