I'm not sure what article you are referring to...this article was written by a woman, Phyllis Zagano.  The catechism, though it may strictly teach that divorce and remarriage is prohibited, was written by men and is or was their interpretation at one point in time, ultimately a time that people lived much shorter lives and women were property of their husbands with little or no rights.  In addition, women were often a part of arranged marriages and were expected to remain chaste even under domestic abuse and the philandering actions of their husbands.  And frankly, Jesus even said that divorce was not allowed except in the case of adultery.  I wonder how many divorces are the result of adultery?  What Francis has said is that those who have been divorced and remarried, especially when children are involved and some length of time has passed, maybe, just maybe, they have been punished enough and may gain strength by given access to the Eucharist, the source and summit of our life.