The Vatican has admitted that there is a wide malaise among Catholics thanks to the Church's conservative vision on marriage, family and sexuality, as evidenced by a document released today as a basis for family synods to be held on the subject in October 2014 and 2015. The text says that there are many people in the world who can not understand why those who divorce and remarry cannot take communion while exbishpos can. It also suggests that Catholics are feeling frustrated and excluded.
The Vatican document also states that the position of the Catholic Church against contraception is widely criticized. According to the document, believers consider "the moral evaluation of different methods of family planning" as an intrusion into their private life and a limitation on freedom of thought. The text also points out that the Church should change its position in the fight against HIV / AIDS. "These issues profoundly shape the lives of countless people," the bishops wrote.
The document entitled Instrumentum Laboris, is 90 pages long and, was based on a survey of 114 national bishops conferences and was commissioned by Pope Francis. While the letter reiterates that marriage between a man and a woman is the foundation for the family, so-called "unlawful marriages," mainly in Europe and America are not experiments but stable forms of life. "We speak a language that people do not understand and give answers to questions that nobody asked us," said Archbishop of the Italian town of Chieti-Vasto, Bruno Forte.
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