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"authoritative interpreter" of 'Amoris Laetitia' embraces relativism

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So Pope Francis has has declared Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna to be the "authoritative interpreter" of ' Amoris Laetitia, '. Speaking in Ireland at the weekend, Schönborn revealed that when he met the Pope shortly after the presentation of Amoris , Francis thanked him, and asked him if the document was orthodox. “I said, ‘Holy Father, it is fully orthodox’,” Schönborn told us he told the pope, adding that a few days later he received from Francis a little note that said: “Thank you for that word. That gave me comfort.” Talk about the blind leading the blind! The pope, after the publication of a document which the CDF lodged a large number of corrections of before its publication “ not one of the corrections was accepted .”, then considers that a nod from one of his yes men is sufficient to guarantee orthodoxy. It makes you wonder if Pope Francis even read the document himself (let alone wrote it) given that he explicitly stated himself that he co...

Speculating on Predicted Pontifical Impact.

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Pope Francis’s highly-anticipated post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, “ Amoris Laetitia ” (The Joy of Love) on love in the family will be released on Friday, 8 April. The Vatican said the Exhortation will be presented to journalists at the Holy See’s Press Office on Friday, 8 April at 11.30.  Whilst I think it is fairly pointless to speculate on the contents of the document at this stage, there is a lot of interesting Catholic news at the moment. I thought I would gather some of the elements which have most interested me over the last couple of days and present them to you here, dear reader. The text of the Apostolic Exhortation in Italian, French, English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese (in paper and/or digital format) will be available to accredited journalists from 8.00 a.m. (Rome time) on Friday 8th April. However, the document will remain under embargo until 12 noon that day. The panel of speakers at the press conference will include: Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general...