Francis Has a Plan - It May Be "Deceptive"
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Writing in the New York Times (March 16), Douthat states that Francis is "not formally changing" the Church’s teaching on divorce and remarriage, same-sex marriage and euthanasia, adding that such changes would be beyond the powers of his office.
But Francis draws a [strange] distinction between doctrine and pastoral practice claiming that one can change the pastoral practice and leave the doctrinal truth untouched. Therefore an adulterer may take communion, a Euthanasia Catholic receive the last rites and a homosexual have his gay pseudo-marriage blessed.
According to Douthat, Francis seems to believe that none of this changes the teaching of the Church [but in reality it does].
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