September 28, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Two Catholic theologians published an article earlier this week arguing that a major criticism of Pope Francis’ exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AL) is based on a faulty Vatican-rendered translation into English from Latin.
In their La Stampa article titled Does Amoris Laetitia 303 Really Undermine Catholic Moral Teaching?, Drs. Robert Fastiggi and Dawn Eden-Goldstein provide what they say is a more accurate translation of Amoris Laetitia paragraph 303. They argue that critics have raised alarm “precisely upon what the Latin text does not say.”
They have used their translation to cast doubt on the Filial Correction made public on the weekend that accused Pope Francis of propagating heresy. The Filial Correction lists AL 303 among the dozen passages found in the exhortation that the signers say serve to propagate heresy.
Paragraph 303 is where Pope Francis speaks about “irregular couples” living in a situation that does not “correspond objectively to the overall demands of the Gospel.”
The official Vatican English translation reads:
Yet conscience can do more than recognize that a given situation does not correspond objectively to the overall demands of the Gospel. It can also recognize with sincerity and honesty what
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