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Pope Francis has called on the Roman Catholic Church to welcome divorced and remarried Catholics without making changes to the church’s teachings. The Vatican released a 256-page document from the pope on Friday. The document, called “The Joy of Love,” discusses family life for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. Pope Francis is urging local clergy to accept divorced Catholics and those who re-marry in civil ceremonies on a case-by-case basis. He said that the church’s teachings on marriage should not be the final word. The document said, “a pastor cannot feel that it is enough simply to apply moral laws to those living in ‘irregular’ situations, as if they were stones to be thrown at people’s lives. This would bespeak the closed heart of one used to hiding behind the Church’s teachings.”
* call on sb(sth) to do ~ = sb(sth)에게 ~하도록 부탁하다/ divorced = 이혼한/ remarried = 재혼한/ release = 공개[발표]하다/ urge = (…하도록) 충고하다[설득하려 하다]/ (the) clergy = 성직자들/ civil ceremony = 사회적 의식/ case-by-case = 사례별로, 개별적으로/ moral law = 도덕률/ bespeak = 보여주다, 시사하다
Gay Catholics, however, said the pope had failed them. The document welcomed gays in the Roman Catholic church but repeated its opposition to same-sex marriage. "He has ignored submissions and appeals by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Catholics," said Peter Tatchell, a British gay rights advocate. "Gentler words do not assuage Vatican opposition to gay equality." Last October, the Pope met with 270 Catholic bishops to discuss family issues and church teachings on homosexuality, marriage and divorce. The new document was a sign of Francis' call for the church to be more forgiving with “imperfect” Catholics. The biggest issue at the synod meeting last year was whether the church should offer Communion to divorced and remarried Catholics. Church teaching says that a remarried person must receive an annulment of an earlier marriage to take part in Communion. In an annulment, Catholic clergy rule that the earlier marriage was invalid, in violation of church law. Conservatives oppose any change to the church’s teaching.
* opposition to ~ = ~에 대한 반대/ submission = (의견의) 개진; 항복, 굴복/ appeal = 호소, 간청, 애원; 항소 상고/ assuage = (안 좋은 감정을) 누그러뜨리다[달래다]/ bishop = 주교/ forgiving = 너그러운/ synod = 종교[교회] 회의/ Communion = (기독교의) 성찬식, 영성체/ annulment = (혼인의) 무효 선언; 취소, 실효(失效), 폐지/ invalid = (법적・공식적으로) 효력 없는[무효한]/ in violation of ~ = ~을 위반하여
