Truth is not winning out in your “history.”
“53. Some synod fathers maintained that divorced and remarried persons or those living together can have fruitful recourse to a spiritual communion. Others raised the question as to why, then, they cannot have access to sacramental Communion. As a result, the synod fathers requested that further theological study in the matter with a view to making clear the distinctive features of the two forms and their connection with the theology of marriage.”

This recived 112 of 176 votes, a majority but not the consensus needed to be in the final report of the 2014 synod. A similar paragraph, #52, that leaned more toward the traditionalist position, received a smaller majority of 104 of 178. Together they assert that the synod was divided on the issue of communion for the remarried, probably with more support on the side of change. That a footnote would allude to this is understandable.