Correctio filialis de haeresibus propagatis (Latin: "Filial correction concerning propagated heresies") is an August 11, 2017 petition initially by 62 critics of Pope Francis, who argued that the pope propagated heresies, with regard to seven theological issues the authors identified in Amoris laetitia, an apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis dated March 29, 2016, and in other related statements. The authors released the twenty-five page document to the public on September 24, 2017, stating they had received no response from the Holy See.[1][2]
Summary
The seven alleged corrections of doctrines and practices concerned:[3]
Assertion that God's grace is not invariably sufficient for the justified person's ability to remain free from all serious sin
Possibility of individuals' civil divorce and remarriage to another, and subsequently living as if married, but not placing themselves in a state of mortal sin as a result
Ability to possess full knowledge of a divine law, yet voluntarily break it in a serious matter without placing oneself in a state of mortal sin as a result
Ability to sin against God by keeping a divine prohibition
Possibility of morally sanctioned sexual acts within a civil marriage, when one or both parties are within a sacramental marriage to another
Assertion that revealed divine law or natural law principles do not absolutely prohibit some behaviors as objectively grave and unlawful
Providing the Eucharist to individuals divorced and remarried to another; providing absolution to individuals divorced and remarried absent their contrition
Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, indirectly addressed the controversy, advocating for those who disagree with the Pope to dialog with the church and "find ways to understand one another."[4]
Mariano Fazio, the vicar general of Opus Dei, said that issuance of such a correction was wrong, and that the signers "scandalize the whole Church."[5]
