Pope Francis' 'Rejoice and Be Glad'
New Papal Exhortation "adds to the ambiguities" So Pope Francis has issued a new Apostolic Exhortation somewhat ironically entitled Gaudete et Exsultate : Rejoice & be glad, probably the last thing the vast majority of thinking Catholics feel under this Pontificate. I didn't want to write a "hair trigger" response as soon as it was released, but instead waited for its content to sink in a bit and to have some sort of opportunity to ruminate on its contents. It is very difficult to not simply dismiss the document out of hand, given how disastrous and poorly written Pope Francis' other missives have been. Others may be charitable enough to point out how, despite the chaos that has ensued, there are some good bits in some of the documents, as Dan Hitchens is at pains to point out here , putting Gaudete et Exsultate in context with Amoris Laetitia : My admiration for the document [ Amoris Laetitia ] prevented me from worrying too much about the ...