VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday called for a Church that was less strict and more compassionate toward “imperfect” Catholics, such as those who divorced and remarried, saying “no one can be condemned forever”.Francis said gays should be respected but firmly restated the Church’s position that there are “absolutely no grounds” to equate gay unions to heterosexual marriage.In a 260-page treatise called “Amoris Laetitia,” (The Joy of Love), one of the most eagerly awaited pronouncements of his pontificate, Francis quoted Martin Luther King, Argentine Poet Jorge Luis Borges and even the 1987 Danish cult film Babette’s Feast to make his case for a more merciful and loving Church.The keenest anticipation centered on what he would say about the full reintegration into the Church of Catholics who divorce and remarry in civil ceremonies.Under current Church teaching they cannot receive communion unless they abstain from sex with their new partner, because their first marriage still is valid in the eyes of the Church and they are seen to be living in an adulterous state of sin.The number of divorces has risen markedly in recent decades in most of the leading economies grouped in the OECD.
Pope Calls For Compassionate Church Open To ‘imperfect’ Catholics
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