The landmark Papal docuмent, entitled Amoris Laetitia (Joy of Love) is bound to open the path for many 'Non-Trad' Catholics to embrace Tradition. Let us pray for Catholics worldwide!

The full text of the POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION ‘AMORIS LAETITIA’ OF THE HOLY FATHER ( VATICAN PRESS) is attached.

KEY POINTS FROM POPE FRANCIS’S DEFINING TEXT ( Extract From Drudge/DailyMail ):
 
ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖITY: Francis slaps down proposals to place gαy unions on the same level as marriage, saying bishops found 'there are absolutely no grounds for considering ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family'.
He offered sympathy to those families with gαy relatives, 'a situation not easy for parents or for children', and said the Church must avoid 'every sign of unjust discrimination' towards ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs.

COHABITATION: Francis says couples who live together outside of marriage 'need to be welcomed and guided, patiently and discreetly', and the choice to cohabit may be based on external factors such as financial difficulties or cultural situations.

REMARRIED DIVORCED PEOPLE: 'They are not excommunicated and should not be treated as such', and should be made to feel part of the Church 'while avoiding any occasion of scandal'. The pope says the Christian community caring for such people 'is not to be considered a weakening of its faith' but a sign of 'its charity'.

BROKEN MARRIAGES: Pastors should judge situations on a case-by-case basis: 'we know that no "easy recipes" exist'.

CHILDREN: Offspring should be taught to say 'please', 'thank you' and 'sorry, they should be punished for misbehaviour, cured of the vice of 'wanting it all now' and prevented from watching television programmes which undercut family values.

CHURCH SELF-CRITICISM: 'We need a healthy dose of self-criticism', said the pope, admitting that until now the Church has 'proposed a far too abstract and almost artificial theological ideal of marriage' and struggles to present marriage as more than 'a lifelong burden'.

CONTRACEPTION: The Church sanctioned family planning method of abstaining from sex should be 'promoted' - not that other methods are forbidden - and children must receive sex education, albeit without focusing on 'safe sex'.