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Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation that encouraged greater pastoral discernment toward 'imperfect' situations and raised the possibility of case-by-case judgments.
has not abolished confession to priests; across multiple public addresses and documents he has repeatedly affirmed the sacrament of reconciliation and urged priests to make it accessible and merciful ...
Pope Francis has not overturned the Church’s core canonical rules on sacramental confession—most notably the inviolability of the seal and the essential words of absolution remain unchanged—but he has...
Several modern popes have both defended and reshaped how the () is understood and practiced: elevated its theological importance and framed it as a personal right and encounter with Christ , emphasize...
Current Catholic teaching, reflected in Canon Law and the Catechism, distinguishes between being divorced and being divorced-and-remarried: a person whose legal divorce has ended a civil marriage but ...