At Leo XIV’s meeting on Amoris Laetitia, there was no longer any talk of “irregular” relationships, the married Münster theologian Christian Bauer, who attended the meeting as an “expert”, told katholisch.de on October 16. The document’s methodological paradigm shift is no longer being questioned: “One must proceed synodally from concrete experiences, rather than hierarchically from abstract principles.” At the same time, Bauer invokes the “principle of gradualness”: “The grace of Christ operates not only in sacramental marriages but also, in a mysterious way, already in ‘imperfect’ forms of life.” Pastoral conversion “must encompass the entire existence of the Church, including its Magisterium”, he said. Bauer expressed surprise at the absence of critics among the handpicked participants (“extreme voices, such as the infamous “Dubia” issued by some extremely conservative cardinals”). #newsXasmydgtvz

At Leo XIV’s meeting on Amoris Laetitia, there was no longer any talk of “irregular” relationships, the married Münster theologian Christian Bauer, who attended the meeting as an “expert”, told katholisch.de on October 16.

The document’s methodological paradigm shift is no longer being questioned: “One must proceed synodally from concrete experiences, rather than hierarchically from abstract principles.”

At the same time, Bauer invokes the “principle of gradualness”: “The grace of Christ operates not only in sacramental marriages but also, in a mysterious way, already in ‘imperfect’ forms of life.”

Pastoral conversion “must encompass the entire existence of the Church, including its Magisterium”, he said.

Bauer expressed surprise at the absence of critics among the handpicked participants (“extreme voices, such as the infamous “Dubia” issued by some extremely conservative cardinals”).

#newsXasmydgtvz