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Pope’s top advisor tells CDF head to ‘loosen up’ on Communion for remarried

The head of Pope Francis' commission of eight cardinals has accused the prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith of using "black and white" thinking in his defense of Church teaching on marriage.

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• Jan 30, 2014Jun 19, 2021

German bishops will give Communion to those ‘remarried’ outside Church despite Vatican’s opposition

Most Reverend Robert Zollitsch, Archbishop Emeritus of Freiburg, believes the German bishops’ proposal has the support of Pope Francis despite the opposition of the Pope’s doctrine chief. “A Prefect is not the Pope,” says Zollitsch.

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• Jan 7, 2014Jun 19, 2021

Cardinal Kasper says Church will soon give Communion to divorced, remarried Catholics

Cardinal Walter Kasper has said bluntly, and in direct opposition to the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), that the rules will shortly be changed.

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• Dec 20, 2013Jun 19, 2021

Vatican to survey laity on sex, family issues in lead-up to synod on family

If the Vatican is surveying general acceptance of Catholic teaching among Catholics, much of the work has been done for them by polling organisations that have shown a steady plummet in nearly all indicators since the 1960s.

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• Nov 4, 2013Jun 19, 2021

Vatican: For Catholic marriage to be valid, couples must be open to children

"[M]arriages nowadays are probably invalid more often than they were previously, because there is a lack of desire for marriage in accordance with Catholic teaching," asserted the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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• Oct 23, 2013Jun 19, 2021

Vatican strongly reaffirms no Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics

Comments from Pope Francis on his return trip from Rio’s World Youth Day had led to speculation that a change in the Church’s long-standing tradition on the matter was coming.

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• Oct 22, 2013Jun 19, 2021

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Pope’s top advisor tells CDF head to ‘loosen up’ on Communion for remarried

German bishops will give Communion to those ‘remarried’ outside Church despite Vatican’s opposition

Cardinal Kasper says Church will soon give Communion to divorced, remarried Catholics

Vatican to survey laity on sex, family issues in lead-up to synod on family

Vatican: For Catholic marriage to be valid, couples must be open to children

Vatican strongly reaffirms no Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics