[ebb tide]

It’s not a “development”; it’s a total change, i.e reversal, of doctrine.

[Steelfish]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/pope-francis-death-penalty-catholic-teaching-evolves/

[Buckeye McFrog]

It’s not a “development”; it’s a total change, i.e reversal, of doctrine.

And mark my words, it won't be the last.

[Hieronymus]

It’s not a “development”; it’s a total change, i.e reversal, of doctrine.

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Not quite, in that the wording and format do not reach doctrinal levels in the strict sense of doctrine, but it is definitely one of the more confusing things to come out of the Pontificate.

I’d rather that he stick to urging people to avoid using paper (Laudato SI 211), though that also seems to be something that is generally a reversal of recent Church practice. It is time to bring back parchment now. That’s how it was done in the early Church.