New Document: Francis Wants "Path of Love" for Adulterers But NOT for Catholics
In his preface to the June 15 Dicastery for Laity's document Catechumenal Itineraries for Married Life about preparing couples for matrimony, Francis is threatening to publish a new document about …More
In his preface to the June 15 Dicastery for Laity's document Catechumenal Itineraries for Married Life about preparing couples for matrimony, Francis is threatening to publish a new document about divorced remarried.
This document is about lengthening the preparation time for marriage while the real problem is that the number of Church marriages is dwindling dramatically.
Francis writes that it is "my heartfelt desire" to have this document followed "as soon as possible" by another containing "concrete pastoral steps" for "accompaniment" dedicated to adulterers.
He wants to ensure that adulterers “do not feel abandoned" and can find "accessible and fraternal places of welcome" and participate "in communities” - worries he has never expressed for simple Roman Rite Catholics.
Francis wants "to walk the via caritatis [= path of love]" with adulterers. This is indeed a positive step because the via caritatis for them consists in repentance, confession and renewal of life.
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This document is about lengthening the preparation time for marriage while the real problem is that the number of Church marriages is dwindling dramatically.
Francis writes that it is "my heartfelt desire" to have this document followed "as soon as possible" by another containing "concrete pastoral steps" for "accompaniment" dedicated to adulterers.
He wants to ensure that adulterers “do not feel abandoned" and can find "accessible and fraternal places of welcome" and participate "in communities” - worries he has never expressed for simple Roman Rite Catholics.
Francis wants "to walk the via caritatis [= path of love]" with adulterers. This is indeed a positive step because the via caritatis for them consists in repentance, confession and renewal of life.
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Francis has called for more marriage preparation, including a yearlong program for engaged couples. Over the last decade, the number of marriages celebrated by the Church has decreased 26%.
John A Cassani
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If you go back 40 years, there are dioceses where marriages have declined by around 90%, and this is in the era of “marriage prep.” It used to be that any big parish would have an average of 3 or so weddings every weekend of the summer. Now, there are plenty of big parishes, especially if the church is ugly, that have single digit weddings for an entire year. More marriage prep is not going to help …More
If you go back 40 years, there are dioceses where marriages have declined by around 90%, and this is in the era of “marriage prep.” It used to be that any big parish would have an average of 3 or so weddings every weekend of the summer. Now, there are plenty of big parishes, especially if the church is ugly, that have single digit weddings for an entire year. More marriage prep is not going to help this situation.
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Marriage is on the decline in the United States. Catholic marriages are declining faster
Adulterers know how to straighten things out, Francis. But that other detail, lengthening the time of marriage prep, is just nuts. It's an open invitation to fornicate. How could Rome be so stupid and callous? My wife and I dated for six weeks, were engaged for six months, had absolutely no Church marriage preparation, and that was forty-six years and five children ago. If we had been forced to wait …More
Adulterers know how to straighten things out, Francis. But that other detail, lengthening the time of marriage prep, is just nuts. It's an open invitation to fornicate. How could Rome be so stupid and callous? My wife and I dated for six weeks, were engaged for six months, had absolutely no Church marriage preparation, and that was forty-six years and five children ago. If we had been forced to wait three or four years -- well, if the Church refuses the sacrament, you can marry each other validly.
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That would be at the Government controlled schools! No question the curriculum is anti christ!
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@Schönheit des Katholizismus Ich glaube, diese Ideologie wird auch in deutschen, schweizerischen und österreichischen Schulen gefördert. Es ist ein Problem in der gesamten westlichen Zivilisation und wird von der Linken gefördert, die die Kontrolle über die großen Institutionen und Medien hat.
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Het is weer hetzelfde liedje alles mag als paus Franciscus maar de baas blijft, dictator.
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This is laughable. Long engagements, with long periods of fornication before marriage are a problem. The fact that very few people who get married actually practice the faith is a problem. Marriage prep has been a “hoop to jump through” for a long time, and it probably helps some people, but it doesn’t flourish, because a class can’t teach marriage. In the past, in places that have infrequent …More
This is laughable. Long engagements, with long periods of fornication before marriage are a problem. The fact that very few people who get married actually practice the faith is a problem. Marriage prep has been a “hoop to jump through” for a long time, and it probably helps some people, but it doesn’t flourish, because a class can’t teach marriage. In the past, in places that have infrequent access to clergy, I believe couples have been permitted to commence common life after six months of engagement, regardless of whether they had been able to formally marry. The idea that the Church would mandate at least a year, for people with easy access to clergy, is tantamount to approving of fornication.