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New document on marriage offers “compassionate pastoral recommendations,” says Cardinal Tobin
The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation, co-chaired by Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark and Metropolitan Methodios of Boston, announced on March 6 the publication of a new statement, “The Pastoral Care of Intermarriage: Nor Yours not mine, but ours.” ”, which was agreed in May 2023.
Among the recommendations of the declaration is that “Catholic hierarchs seek ways to receive the pastoral decisions of Orthodox spiritual courts and hierarchs and not only recognize, with the Orthodox hierarchy, the remarriages, in some cases carefully examined, of divorced spouses in mixed marriages, but also allowing divorced and remarried Catholics, in marriages with Orthodox Christians, Eucharistic participation in the Catholic Church.”