text: Amoris Laetitia merely reaffirms (1) the current magisterial positions on remarriage after divorce, and (2) the primacy of conscience. The sole role of the priest in the application of the latter process is to assist remarried divorced Catholics to understand the issues involved. The decision, whether or not they consult a priest, is, as it always has been, one for their own conscience. The ultimate judgement on their decision is, as it always has been up to God. 
  
  Any suggestion that any priest has the authority to make the decision in conscience for the couple is a perversion of the Catholic principle of the primacy of conscience, a fundamental ethical position strongly reaffirmed by B16.
  
  That is the theology. In practice, however, we do have wiser who get it, and less wise priests who abuse their role and incorrectly tell those they counsel what conclusion they must reach. In that context, "shopping" for a wise priest in the pursuit of spiritual peace is a good thing.