By Jim on Sat, 04/07/18 Society & Culture Amoris Laetitia Roman Catholicism Divorce Pope Francis Declaration of Faith Released Defending Church Teaching: Cardinals, bishops, priests and lay faithful issued a declaration in Rome on Saturday in which they testified to the Church’s unchanging teaching on marriage, the sacraments and absolute moral commandments. … the declaration was motivated by “contradictory interpretations” of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia, and the confusion over doctrine and pastoral practice that they say has ensued.