Vatican preparing document for couples living in ‘new unions’ after ‘marriage failure’

Vatican preparing document for couples living in ‘new unions’ after ‘marriage failure’ - LifeSite

Cdl. Kevin Farrell, a notable promoter of Pope Francis' 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, revealed…

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Cdl. Kevin Farrell, a notable promoter of Pope Francis’ 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, revealed that his dicastery was preparing a document in line with the Pope’s wishes on people who ‘live in new unions’ after ‘marriage failure.’

A Vatican dicastery is preparing a text on the divorced and “re-married” in line with the wishes of Pope Francis, who has called for people in such circumstances to receive Holy Communion – contrary to Catholic teaching.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, made the revelation during the dicastery’s plenary assembly last week.

In a brief greeting to Pope Francis on April 22, the 75-year-old cardinal referenced the “challenges” the dicastery had been studying during its plenary assembly. These included “the challenges of those experiencing marriage crises of all kinds, resulting in the consequent short-circuiting of the transmission of the faith,” he said.

Continuing, Farrell stated:

Today, the need for a specific ministeriality, an authentic closeness and witness on the part of married couples in the service of families, for the pastoral care of those experiencing crises and problems of all kinds is more urgent than ever in the area of family ministry.