Papal document calls for Catholic church to revamp its response to contemporary family life,but remains firmly anti-abortionWill you be affected by apostolic exhortation?
Pope Francis has called for the Catholic church to revamp its response to contemporary family life, urging greater acceptance for divorced people and those in same-sex relationships while adhering to traditional church teachings.
The landmark papal document, or entitled Amoris Laetitia (Joy of Love),was hailed as a “paradigm shift” by Francis’s biographer Austen Ivereigh, who said it had the “potential to shape the church’s response to the family for generations to near”.
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Source: theguardian.com