Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people

Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.

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Pope Benedict XVI
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 Concerning some objections to the Church's teaching on the reception of Holy Communion by divorced and remarried members of the faithful

 

This was written before Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI.

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"Pastoral Care Must be Based in Reality" -- Benedict's Answer to the Speech of Cardinal Kasper
ZU EINIGEN EINWÄNDEN GEGEN DIE KIRCHLICHE LEHRE ÜBER DEN KOMMUNIONEMPFANG VON WIEDERVERHEIRATETEN GESCHIEDENEN GLÄUBIGEN (1)
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pastoral
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