Post Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia in Vatican City on April 8, 2016. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.
“While some passages in Pope Francis’ new document may be unclear and open to multiple interpretations, the correct view is that which aligns with the tradition and teaching of the Church, said a synod consultor and leading expert on Catholic family studies.
The pope’s exhortation Amoris Laetitia must be read in “doctrinal continuity,” said Fr. José Granados, vice president of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and consultor of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.
“If there are doubts or some paragraph remain unclear, the correct interpretation is that in accordance with the constant teaching of the Church,” he told CNA.
“Pope Francis has repeatedly said that he did not want to change any doctrinal item, and this must be the key through which we interpret the document,” he said.”
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