Amoris Laetitia has not changed Church doctrine on Holy Communion for divorced and remarried people, the Polish Bishops’ Conference has said.
In a statement issued after last week’s plenary meeting in the town of Zankopane, the bishops said Catholics in non-sacramental relationships should be led to “true repentance and sacramental reconciliation” with their spouse and children born in this union.
Amoris Laetitia must be read as a continuity of Church teaching, especially in relation to Pope John Paul II’s exhortation Familiaris Consortio, which reiterated the Church’s ban on divorced and remarried couples from receiving Communion.
