The Canadian cardinal, who serves as the Vatican's prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, told Canadian bishops the document does not signal "changes to doctrine or to sacramental discipline," but represents a pastoral approach that takes into consideration "the good of the person," according to his or her circumstances.

The failure is not one of communication; it is one of charity. The pope wants us to debate. I say: Do it better.

The mandate for the new institute has “Amoris Laetitia” as its lodestar.

I thought I had the perfect Catholic fairy tale: Meet and a date a former seminarian. Seven months after I got married, my world was utterly shattered.

While certain myths continue to linger, advocates of NFP say there is plenty that the Catholic Church can do to inform and support those who wish to learn.

Cardinal Christoph Schonborn speaks about Amoris Laetitia and family life ahead of addressing the "Let's Talk Family: Let's Be Family" conference in Limerick, Ireland.