What Pope Francis actually said about divorce and remarriage in the WYD return trip interview

[livingwordunity]

I do not think the Church will ever change its position, but it is not impossible. Since there is the possibility of living together chastely, then it is possible to see only the act as an individual sin that needs confession and not always view such a marriage as an ongoing state of mortal sin. The argument is whether having to confess the same sin repeatedly makes the marriage a state of mortal sin. Well, I doubt there are many here that do not have some sins you have to keep confessing.

How would the second marriage which is not a valid one be explained to the children especially if we are talking about children who are of the first marriage that was a valid one? Even if they don’t see the two sleeping together they can still see that someone other than their natural mother or father is living with their other natural parent. Kids are curious, and they notice everything.

 

[cradlecatholic5]

I am thinking of a certain woman I know who had no choice but to leave the husband of her youth, whom she loved as much as any woman could. I know this because I counseled her throughout the whole ordeal. She didn’t want to even leave her 1st husband. But he had stopped going to work, and he was following a new age guru who saw nothing wrong in him doing that. She stayed with her 1st husband until he had caused his family to lose everything they had. He also made his sons so confused about God they would now be considered agnostic. So she left the 1st husband because she had to relocate to get a job where she could support herself and her sons. Almost 10 years later she met a man who was a widower, and he wanted to marry her. It was only then that she filed for a divorce. IMHO a woman like this one should not be excommunicated from the church. Not only was it not her choice to leave husband 1, but she is also a good Christian, and she’s a loyal wife.

So when the new Pope gets around to dealing with this issue, I hope he allows people like her to be part of the church again.

I, too know of a very similiar situation. I hope so also.

 

[livingwordunity]

The Church doesn’t forbid anyone from going to Mass.

 

[pnewton]

How would the second marriage which is not a valid one be explained to the children especially if we are talking about children who are of the first marriage that was a valid one? Even if they don’t see the two sleeping together they can still see that someone other than their natural mother or father is living with their other natural parent. Kids are curious, and they notice everything.

Heck if I know. Divorce is a terrible messy business. Always. I guess that part can’t change. I am still trying to figure out the birds and the bees. I mean, how to explain it. The other part I know, I think.

 

[Geo17]

We are living in the worst times ever, since Jesus left this planet. There have been rumors for years of secret information that the Vatican has been sitting on. I’m sure some f it is true, and I hope they soon release it. We’re past the days of ignorant people who couldn’t handle the truth. If the church doesn’t tell us what they know soon, Catholicism will lose even more people rather than bring Catholics home.

I know there are still people, even educated people, who want to keep believing the old knowledge. But I think there are more of us that want full disclosure of everything the Vatican knows.

This is all I’ll say for now.

One last thing, is there anywhere online I can read this paper the Pope wrote?