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Amoris Laetitia

On Love in the Family

Apostolic exhortation · Pope Francis · March 19, 2016

On marriage and the family after the 2014 and 2015 synods. Chapter 8 on discernment for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, especially footnote 351 on the sacraments, set off the dubia and years of debate.

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Cardinal Ferrão described cohabitation as a reality. He did not say the Church must accommodate itLifeSiteNews says Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão argued the Church "must accommodate" new forms of cohabitation rather than insist on an ideal family. His address lists cohabitation among changes he observes, and his "ideal family" line comes from Amoris laetitia itself.§57Read the analysis