Francis reiterates Church teaching on divorce

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TUTXLA, Mexico — As Catholics await a document from Pope Francis on the family, in which some are hoping for flexibility on a Communion ban for those who civilly remarry after divorce, the pontiff has reiterated Church teaching that marriage is between a man and a woman, forever.
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Francis also said that receiving Communion is not the only way of belonging to the Church.
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“Today we see how on different fronts the family is weakened and questioned,” Francis said Monday in Chiapas, Mexico. “It is regarded as a model which has done its time, but which has no place in our societies; these, claiming to be modern, increasingly favor a model based on isolation.”
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