section_path: Theological emphases and teachings/Theological disagreements/Amoris laetitia
section_name: Amoris laetitia
paragraph_text: Amoris laetitia
  
  On a theological level, controversy arose after the publication of the apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia, especially regarding whether the exhortation had changed the Catholic Church's sacramental discipline concerning access to the sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist for divorced couples who have civilly remarried. Francis had written: "It is important that the divorced who have entered a new union should be made to feel part of the Church." He called for "a responsible personal and pastoral discernment of particular cases". He went on to say: "It is true that general rules set forth a good which can never be disregarded or neglected, but in their formulation they cannot provide absolutely for all particular situations."
  
  The exhortation had been implemented in different ways by bishops around the world. In July 2017, a group of conservative clergy, academics, and laymen signed a document labeled as a " Filial Correction " of Francis, which criticized the Pope for promoting what it described as seven heretical propositions through various words, actions, and omissions during his pontificate.