Leave the water jar: Amoris Laetitia ten years on

Pope Leo XIV convened a gathering in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of Amoris Laetitia by the late Pope Francis.

The document shifted the Church's pastoral approach from using rigid categories, such as distinguishing between good and bad marriages, to a model of accompaniment. This approach views every family as a pilgrim traveling toward holiness. While the text addressed Catholics whose lives do not align with Church teaching on marriage, such as the divorced and remarried or those in common-law partnerships, Pope Francis also extended this focus to married couples facing struggles with communication, finances, or intimacy.