When archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia issued pastoral guidelines on Amoris Laetitia last July, not everyone was pleased. Critics didn’t like Archbishop Chaput’s reading of the exhortation, and suggested there should have been more consultation among the American bishops.
But in an interview, the archbishop explained that he was only doing what the Pope had requested in the document. “Why would a bishop delay interpreting and applying Amoris Laetitia for the benefit of his people?” he asked.
