Bishop Schneider says Amoris Laetitia must be explicitly corrected

Bishop Athanasius Schneider said the Vatican must explicitly correct the errors in Amoris Laetitia to prevent further confusion regarding marriage and family.

In an interview with the Catholic Herald, the auxiliary bishop of Astana warned that a meeting in Rome scheduled for October 7 to 14 will lack meaning if the document's interpretations are not addressed. The meeting, called by Pope Leo XIV to mark the tenth anniversary of the apostolic exhortation, includes presidents of episcopal conferences and leaders of Catholic Churches to examine how the document has been received and to discuss current challenges in marriage ministry.

Schneider argued that the orientations published in September 2016 by bishops in Buenos Aires allow divorced people who have remarried civilly to receive communion without committing to live in continence. He stated that these guidelines contradict divine law, weaken the doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage, and threaten the sanctity of the Eucharist. He questioned how the Vatican can deepen family ministry while the doctrinal controversies surrounding the 2016 document remain unresolved.