Pope Benedict XVI Publishes Synod's Recommendations

Only Available in Non-official Translation

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- In an unprecedented move, Benedict XVI published the 50 propositions presented by the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist.

The propositions, which will be the basis for the Pope's postsynodal apostolic exhortation, will only be presented in a non-official Italian translation of the Latin original, in order to preserve some confidentiality, reported the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops on Saturday.

Benedict XVI said today that the postsynodal exhortation will "portray the face of the 'Catholic' community," which finds its strength and unity in the Eucharist.

More here.

It's interesting to note some of the Propositions:

Proposition 11 addresses the challenge of the "scarcity of priests," stating that recourse to the theory of priestly ordination of "viri probati," ordaining married men, "was evaluated as a course not to be followed."

Proposition 40 touches on the topic of divorced a person who have remarried, and reflects the "deeply felt concern expressed by many fathers," and "confirms the importance of a pastoral attitude and action of care and acceptance toward divorced and remarried faithful."

"According to the tradition of the Catholic Church," says the proposition, "they cannot be admitted to holy Communion, being in a condition of objective disagreement with the word of the Lord who has given back to marriage its original value of indissolubility."

Proposition 41 reminds that the "Eucharist is the symbol of full communion with the Church."