Pope Calls for Compassion for 'Imperfect' Catholics

 Pope Calls for Compassion for 'Imperfect' Catholics

 

Pope Francis has urged compassion toward "imperfect" Catholics, such as those who are divorced and seeking to remarry. In a 260-page treatise titled "The Joy of Love," which the Vatican released Friday, Pope Francis said, "No one can be condemned forever because that is not the logic of the Gospel." The document covers a range of issues relating to sex and marriage and was created from two gatherings of

 Catholic bishops who met to discuss family issues in 2014 and 2015. Current Catholic teaching does not explicitly allow divorced Catholics to receive communion and remarriage is only possible if they obtain an

 annulment of their first marriage. The pope did not issue a new law or regulation guiding Catholic marriage. He instead appeared to endorse a case by case basis for dealing with the remarriage of Catholic

s, writing that he could "not provide a new set of general rules... applicable to all cases" while calling for "responsible, personal and pastoral discernment." He urged Catholic clergy to avoid a "cold bureaucratic morality" and instead look for God's grace in "wonderfully complicated" family situations. 


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