{"id":97136,"date":"2016-03-31T08:51:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T12:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleteia.org\/?post_type=post&p=97136"},"modified":"2016-03-31T08:51:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T12:51:36","slug":"popes-apostolic-exhortation-the-joy-of-love-to-be-released-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2016\/03\/popes-apostolic-exhortation-the-joy-of-love-to-be-released-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope’s Apostolic Exhortation, “The Joy of Love,” to be Released Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

From Diane Montagna:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pope Francis\u2019 highly anticipated post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the family will be released on Friday, April 8, the Vatican announced today.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued just before midday in Rome, the Vatican announced the document is entitled \u201cAmoris Laetitia\u201d [Latin for \u201cThe Joy of Love\u201d], on the love of the family.<\/p>\n

The text, said to be some 200-pages, will be presented by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, and Cardinal Christoph Sch\u00f6nborn, Archbishop of Vienna, at a press conference on Friday, April 8 at 11:30 a.m. (Rome-time), in the John Paul II Hall of the Holy See Press Office.<\/p>\n

The panel will also include a married couple from Italy: Professor Francesco Miano, lecturer in moral philosophy at the University of Rome at Tor Vergata, and Professor Giuseppina De Simone in Miano, lecturer in philosophy at the Theological Facutly of Southern Italy in Naples.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CNA<\/strong> <\/a>adds:<\/p>\n

Francis\u2019 exhortation is expected to be based largely on the final report from the synod, which was released Oct. 24. That report reflected collegiality among the bishops, though two of the 94 paragraphs were included by only a slim margin.<\/p>\n

Rumors have consistently circulated as to what the Pope will say regarding the issues of communion and homosexuality.<\/p>\n

However, in a recent book-length interview with Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli titled \u201cThe Name of God is Mercy,\u201d Francis dropped a few hints<\/a>\u00a0that there will be no eyebrow raisers, and that not much will change in terms of Church teaching and current pastoral practice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Allen, meantime, has this interesting context:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a move possibly hinting that Pope Francis will side with progressives on some contentious matters regarding family life, the Vatican announced Thursday that a keenly anticipated document from the pontiff will be released April 8 and presented by Cardinal Christoph Sch\u00f6nborn <\/a>of Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n

The document, technically known as an \u201capostolic exhortation,\u201d is designed to draw conclusions from two tumultuous summits of Catholic bishops from around the world, called \u201csynods,\u201d on issues pertaining to the family held in October 2014 and October 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2026During the two synods, Sch\u00f6nborn was seen as a leading exponent of the moderate-to-progressive position on those issues.<\/p>\n

He was part of a German-language group, for instance, which proposed an \u201cinternal forum\u201d solution to the question about Communion for those Catholics who divorce and remarry outside the Church.<\/p>\n

The \u201cinternal forum\u201d refers to private exchanges between believers and priests or bishops, generally in the context of the sacrament of confession. Although canon lawyers debate whether, and how, it could be applied to the divorced and remarried, advocates of allowing them to return to Communion generally see it as way to accomplish that on a private, case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n

During an Oct. 26 press conference last year, Sch\u00f6nborn, whose own parents were divorced when he was a teenager, told reporters he felt that the synod could not recommend a clear yes or no to Communion for the divorced and remarried.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no black and white, a simple yes or no,\u201d he said, arguing that situations vary widely and so too must the Church\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

On the issue of how the Church talks about gays and lesbians, Sch\u00f6nborn also has been a champion of more inclusive approach.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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