[Cath Cauc] Full Text: Pope Francis' Ghostwriter of 'Amoris Laetitia' Defends Adultery

Rorate Caeli ^ | 8/23/17 | Archbishop Víctor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández

[ebb tide]

This week, one of Pope Francis' most trusted confidants, Archbishop Víctor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández, author of Heal Me With Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing, and an alleged ghostwriter of Amoris Laetitia, published a stunning defense of adultery in Medellín, the theology journal of the Latin-American Bishops’ Conference, in an essay entitled "Chapter VIII of Amoris Laetitia: What is left after the storm". Key to Fernandez's argument is the pope's approval of the Buenos Aires guidelines on AL, which the Vatican recently published on its official website.

In an article that provides key insights into the mind of Pope Francis, Fernandez compares adultery to self-defense as having "exceptions". Indeed, Pope Francis has spoken twice of alleged conflicts between the 5th and the 6th Commandments with respect to justifying the use of condoms. Moreover, Fernandez argues that the magisterial "flip-flops" of the Church at Vatican II on religious freedom and salvation outside the Church set precedent for Pope Francis to contradict his predecessors in Amoris Laetitia.

What follows is the full text of Msgr. Fernandez' article in an English translation by Andrew Guernsey.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The 7th Commandment seems rather clear on this.

Satan has truly invaded and taken over the Vatican.

[SandRat]

YOUR an AS**.

[ex91B10]

The ancient Hebrews, in particular, had a very restricted understanding of the concept, limiting it to just sexual intercourse between a man and a woman who was either already married or at least betrothed. The marital status of the man was irrelevant. Thus, a married man was not guilty of “adultery” for having sex with an unmarried, unbetrothed woman.

Can anyone verify if this is actually true?

[jjotto]

Well, yes, it is true.

https://www.ou.org/torah/mitzvot/taryag/mitzvah35/

...The term “adultery” specifically refers to a married woman. A married man and a single girl, while still impermissible, is not an adulterous relationship. This is because, Biblically-speaking, a man is allowed to have more than one wife...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Sounds very...Islamic to me.

[ebb tide]

Francis’s letter to the Argentine bishops, congratulating them on the “correct” interpretation” of sanctified adultery is now posted on the Vatican’s own website:

What follows is a google translation (from Spanish to English) of the above:

https://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/es/letters/2016/documents/papa-francesco_20160905_regione-pastorale-buenos-aires.html