DIVORCED AND RESPONDED? THE WORD IS UP NOW TO PETER, ON WHICH CHRIST BUILT HIS CHURCH

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From the speech of the Holy Father Francis: « […] As I followed the work of the Synod, I asked myself: What will it mean for the Church to conclude this Synod devoted to family? It also means you have stripped the closed hearts often lurk behind even the teachings of the Church, or behind the good intentions, to sit on the Chair of Moses and judge, sometimes with superiority and superficiality, difficult cases and families injured. It means trying to open horizons for overcoming any conspiracy or close hermeneutics of perspectives, to defend and to spread the freedom of God's children, to convey the beauty of Christian newness, sometimes rust covered by an archaic language or simply not understood. In the journey of this Synod the different opinions that are expressed freely – and sadly sometimes not entirely benevolent methods – have certainly enriched and enlivened the dialogue, offering a living image of a church that does not use "pre-packaged modules", but that draws from the wellspring of his faith living water to quench parched hearts».

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Over the last ten days, the father John Carr and I have debated on some of the hottest topics being discussed at the Synod on the family, just scroll down our latest articles to find all these recent disquisitions.

If we were not men of faith and not live the priesthood and theological speculation as a service, Today we can rejoice with the unfortunate phrase: «We were right!». Falling into error thus criticized by us through the accusation aimed at those who have tried to “dogmatize” their opinions on the pretext of defending the truths of faith.

We have no reason, because nobody has reason, Nobody won and nobody lost. Anyone defend truth from error does not mark his victory, but the victory of Christ. The only victory was in fact that of the body of the Church, through the College of the bishops assembled at the Synod did prevail, in homage and obedience to faith, the pastoral care of common sense.

But let us be clear: is currently nothing happened and no legislation was amended. The Holy Father will have to write a post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, which it is one of its acts, personal, which may or may not take into account the final report and what emerged from discussions of the Synod Fathers. For the moment, the discipline to which they turn, is that up to now dictated by the Church, without any alteration.

To move the hearts of certain Pharisees locked in the microcosm of their brainy legalismi, He failed even the word of God made man, then there will some of the fathers’Patmos Island, wishing though they torment to an invitation to sense of faith : "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath! Therefore the son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath " [cf. MC 2,27-28]. In these words and the ones that follow, everything that every pious Christian should know is explained:

"Thus have ye made the commandment of God by your tradition. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying: This people honors me with their lips but their hearts are far from me. In vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines that are precepts of men » [cf. Mt 15, 7-9].

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SPEECH OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORKS OF THE
THE 14TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS

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