The day that we have been expecting with either excitement or dread has arrived. The pope’s apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia has been published and released. It is the fruit of the Synod of Bishops on Marriage and the Family. It will require some reading as it is quite long, so there goes the afternoon.
You can get your free copy from the Vatican website.
Watch out for the tsunami of reaction.
So far the criticism I see is coming from Robert Royal, James Schall, S.J., Carl Olson and Canonist Ed Peters, (to name only four) and none of them can be considered “rad trads” .
Royal: https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2016/04/08/beautiful-moving-and-divisive/
Schall: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/4696/in_iamoris_laetitiai_who_is_admonishing_whom.aspx
Olson: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/4698/francis_sprawling_exhortation_a_marriage_of_profound_and_muddled.aspx
Peters: https://canonlawblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/08/first-thoughts-on-the-english-version-of-pope-francis-amoris-laetitia/
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Excellent! Thank you. I agree that they are four commentators in the sensible wing of the Church. Once I have finished reading A.L., and perhaps penned some reactions to it, I will read them carefully for a reality check.
Of course I am not yet up to chapter 8. That seems like it might be the doozie.
Pax semper!
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