We all know that “the Kasper proposal” will be front and center in the October discussions of the Synod of Bishops. But what is the Kasper proposal, exactly?
Cardinal Walter Kasper has suggested opening a “penitential path” for Catholics who have divorced and remarried, creating the possibility that they might eventually be able to receive Communion once again. If the Synod follows his suggestion, the bishops will need to flesh out the details, give a concrete structure to his idea, and make that “penitential path” a canonical policy.
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