my sentence is constructed so as to make two claims a Francis has been tackling phariseeismSo , you wouldn ' t argue that the questions are pharasaical ? Now , are they pretending to be confused in order to protect their own phariseeism from the pangs of conscience that Francis ' s prophetic words should be confronting it with ? I reject the notion that they though you haven ' t identified who are being pharasaical . Certainly the dubia seem insincere inasmuch as everyone knows Francis ' s answer is that some divorced and remarried living more uxori without annulment may be able to receive on a case by case basis since he doesn ' t like categorical exclusions of anyone , and that the justification involved would be the internal forum of conscience . If that is his answer , he should simply say so . And if that is his answer , he should spend some time explaining how he got there , since it appears to be in direction conflict with Christ , the apostles , the Tradition of the Church , and every Pope that ' s come before , including one that wrote explicitly on the issue . So feigning confusion to try to get a hard rule in an area where Francis ' s whole point is that there are no hard rules in the internal forum . seems disingenuous . They ' re not feigning confusion . I study canon law professionally . I can tell you that right now the majority of people in the US canon law community do not know what he means , canonically , doctrinally , theologically etc . At CLSA just this year , there was all this talk about nothing changing . At the same time , there are canonists whom I just heard from saying , This is absolutely a development or change in law and doctrine . Which is it ? So , you may just be that enlightened when it comes to this issue . But no one else is . And the confusion derives from the fact that his answer seems to be in direct conflict with Tradition . When someone makes a claim directly contrary to Tradition in the Church , the onus is on him to explain how he got there . Because people are confused as to how he did , as no one seems to be able to square the circle .