Bishop Egan: can we show mercy and reconciliation to the divorced and remarried?

The Bishop of Portsmouth hopes next year's synod on the family will offer mercy and reconciliation to Catholics who are divorced and remarried.

Bishop Philip Egan said he would like the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome next year called by Pope Francis to 'give renewed attention to the situation of those Catholics who find themselves in 'irregular unions', or are divorced and remarried.'

In a message to his diocese, the bishop asked: 'is there some way of affording them mercy, help and reconciliation?'

You can read his message here.