Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Pope: Remarriage of Divorcees Is Not Acceptable; Marriage Is for Life,Remarried Seen as Adulterers

Pope Francis has told bishops taking part in a three-week Catholic Church review of family teachings that its stance on the indivisibility of marriage was not up for discussion, despite hopes of an opening towards remarried divorced people, the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website reports today (October 7, 2015).

The pontiff spoke out after concerns among conservatives over a bid by liberals to allow remarried divorced people to take communion.

The Church holds that marriages are for life, and therefore people who remarry are seen as adulterers.

Liberals have touted the idea that remarried divorced people might be able to return to the Church on a case by case basis.

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