If it really is the case that so-called dissenters from “Amoris” are in roughly the same position as dissenters on various issues under John Paul II, isn’t the lesson of the Francis era for papal critics precisely the opposite of the “game over, guys” lecture? Namely, that despite all the official talk, what’s declared “over” in the church isn’t actually over if a new pope decides that the Vatican’s answer ought to change. [1]
Amoris laetitia and everything after
Ross Douthat, NY TimesWednesday, December 21, 2016
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