Will Imperfect Catholics Return?

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Pope Francis is paving the way for divorced Catholics to return to the Roman Catholic Church, but does little to soften the church’s strict views on hot-button topics like gay marriage, abortion and contraception.

In a 256-page apostolic exhortation called “Amoris Laetitia,” Latin for “The Joy of Love,” was a two-year process that included church councils called synods, and imput from thousands of local churches where detailed questionnaires for Catholics were used to gauge their personal opinions.

Pope’s bad news for gay marriage http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/pope-francis-says-no-change-…

Pope Francis is urging priests to be more accepting of gay people and divorced Catholics: http://cnn.it/1NdbDtI

Pope Francis opens path to communion for some who remarry http://ift.tt/1MjzrS3

Pope calls for compassionate Church open to 'imperfect' Catholics http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/08/pope-calls-for-compassionate…

The pope calls for priests to welcome gay people, but says that same-sex unions should not be equated with marriage http://nyti.ms/1S77zCU