Card. Muller:  ""It harms the church to talk about these things in public," the cardinal continued. "Amoris Laetitia is very clear in its doctrine and we can read into it all of Jesus' doctrine on marriage, all the doctrine of the church in its 2,000 year history."

I do not think it harms the church - I think, rather, that these conversations and discussions have long been needed.  What we need is to carry these discussions into parishes and actually create the forums where lay people can participate.  It is by this participation that the bishops, cards., theologians learn from the laity what their needs are, what their reality is.

One more thought.  I think the church is in process of doing away with the "court" system, where annulments are judged by canon law.  I also think the church is on the way to a change in the idea that there is "scandal" if some one is allowed access to the Eucharist for some "public" sin.  No one is worthy and pretending otherwise does not make it true.