Details Published: 17 January 2017

The following appeal to pray for the Pope is made by three bishops of Kazakhstan: Archbishop Tomash Peta, Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, that Pope Francis may confirm the unchanging praxis of the Church with regard to the truth of the indissolubility of marriage.

This appeal is very much a voice from the periphery in this time of confusion and crisis. Please read and distribute the following text of the bishops far and wide and help make this spiritual crusade a success. At the end of the text is an ancient prayer for the Pope which the bishops recommend is recited every day. The text follows:

Following the publication of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia, in some particular churches there were published norms for its application and interpretations whereby the divorced who have attempted civil marriage with a new partner, notwithstanding the sacramental bond by which they are joined to their legitimate spouse, are admitted to the sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist without fulfilling the duty, established by God, of ceasing to violate the bond of their existing sacramental marriage.

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