Posts Tagged ‘pastoral mercy’

Humanae Vitae model for Pope’s balance of doctrine and mercy

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

Pope Francis’s praise for Humanae Vitae is key to understanding his dual emphases on clear doctrine and pastoral mercy, a senior Vatican observer says. Writing in L’Espresso, Sandro Magister noted there is growing pressure for a change in Church teaching on Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics. “There was similarly massive pressure for change in Read more