These comments by the Cardinal certainly do NOT seem to open up the floodgates to Communion that the media and many here apparently have anticipated.  

Read beyond this yet-again click-baiting headline.  The Cardinal calls for accompaniment and "ecclesial authority" including the parish priest and often the Bishop.  This suggests to me that a path to annulment and having the marriage blessed in the Church is not tossed to the side.  

Annulment is not the great evil perpetuated by the Church to harm people and embarrass them that many have come to portray.  Most Dioceses in the US have also greatly reduced or eliminated the fees totally.  The process can be painful and remarkably healing and strengthening from what couples have told me. Something to consider.