Analysis of Amoris Laetitia Continues

H/t to Fr. Z for providing the following episode of EWTN's, "World Over Live" programme .

This document has caused chaos throughout the Catholic world, it's important that we pay attention to the respectful and restrained criticisms given below.

Fr. Z states:-

"Great commentary about Amoris laetitia from Robert Royal and Fr. Gerald Murray on EWTN.

At about 20:00 Fr. Murray has gives a fantastic response to Arroyo’s toungue-in-check challenge after reading out a portion of AL 304.

Arroyo from 304-305: “It is reductive simply to consider whether or not an individual’s actions correspond to a general law or rule, because that is not enough to discern and ensure full fidelity to God in the
concrete life of a human being….  For this reason, a pastor cannot feel that it is enough simply to apply moral laws to those living in “irregular” situations, as if they were stones to throw at people’s lives. This would bespeak the closed heart of one used to hiding behind the Church’s teachings…. [THEN]  Is that what you are doing Fr. Murray?  Are you hiding behind the Church’s teaching?”

Tune in for Father’s brilliant response."

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Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia - Meaning "The Joy of Love,"

The embargo on the forth coming Apostolic Exhortation is still emargoed, although if you look hard enough, it has now been leaked to a number of sites.  The picture above, perhaps, sums up the document very well.

Unfortunately,  the title can mean the " The Joy of Love," or "The Joy of Sex."????

BREAKING NEWS ON APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION - Pope encourages not just a 'renewal' but even more, a real 'conversion' of language."

Taken from author:- http://www.ncronline.org/authors/joshua-j-mcelwee

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican reading guide sent to Catholic bishops globally ahead of the release of Pope Francis' widely anticipated document on family life says the pontiff wants the church to adopt a new stance of inclusion towards society and to ensure its doctrines are: "at the service of the pastoral mission." The Vatican reading guide came to bishops alongside a letter signed by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldiserri, the head of the Vatican Synod office. The cardinal’s letter tells bishops that the exhortation is:- "first and foremost a pastoral teaching." The reading guide says Francis "wants to express himself in language that truly reaches the audience -- and this implies discernment and dialogue." Discernment, it says, "avoids taking truths and choices for granted; it has us examine and consciously adopt our formulations of truths and the choices."

McElwee concludes by quoting the summary document:-

"The Pope's concern is therefore to re-contextualize doctrine at the service of the pastoral mission of the Church," it states. Using a Greek word for the proclamation of salvation through Jesus, it states: "Doctrine should be interpreted in relation to the heart of the Christian kerygma and in the light of the pastoral context in which it will be applied."

http://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-guide-says-francis-family-document-puts-doctrine-service-pastoral-mission

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Asks To Be Reinstated As Pope

VATICAN–According to reports today, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is seeking the chair of his pontificate months after his resignation. The news has sent shock waves around the world.

Vatican spokesman Fr. Vitateli Devitiamani told EOTT that, “He came for a dinner as scheduled and then proceeded to return to his old living quarters. That wouldn’t be a problem, since His Holiness Pope Francis chose to live elsewhere, the room is open. However, once we asked him where he was going, he simply said, ‘I’m back,’ then proceeded to put his sunglasses on even though we were inside.”

Sources say that the next morning, he walked down the hall asking for his valet and his red....shoes, and was overheard asking an adviser to “get Burke on the line.”

H/t to Eye of the Tiber on 1st April 2016.

Young Catholic Adults and WAF Marian Day - on 9th April between 11:30 - 2pm at St. Gregory's Cheltenham

The Parish of St. Gregory the Great (10 St James Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR) will be hosting a Marian event on April 9th 2016 11:30 - c.2pm. It will start with a Rosary at 11:30am followed a procession around the Church. 

There will be a presentation on Fatima by Donal Foley, the Secretary of the World Apostolate of Fatima, England and Wales, which will start at 12:15pm in the Old Priory and finish by c.2pm. It will include a DVD and a PowerPoint presentation, as well as time for refreshments and questions and answers. Books, booklets and DVDs will be available for sale. The focus of the presentation is the importance of the Rosary and the Five First Saturdays devotion, and how they can revitalise our own spiritual lives, the parish, and the Church generally. 

This event is organised by Cheltenham YCA and the World Apostolate of Fatima and is for ALL AGES. There is a suggested donation of  £5 – please bring a packed lunch.