10 September 2015, The Tablet

The lost sheep


 
Pope Francis’ “priority during the Jubilee Year is with bringing back the lost sheep who have been alienated by the way the Church’s moral teaching has been presented to them, finding it harsh and unforgiving” (No one separated from love of God”, editorial, 5 September) – and wrong? 100 per cent of the five children my late wife bore were quickly baptised. 50 per cent of our 10 grandchildren were baptised. 25 per cent of our (as yet) four great-grandchildren were baptised. One of our children is living in a canonically valid marriage. Of the other four, one ended an invalid marriage with divorce, and three have a canonically invalid marriage. Of my 10 grandchildren, one is in a canonically invalid marriage, three are still at school, and five or six are
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