Some things need plenty of time to be nutritious and tasty.
The same can be said of good theology.
Start with a settled teaching of the Church. Chop finely. Cook up a dichotomy. Mix thoroughly. Simmer until evaporated.
Another example is the reality of so many good and generous people who have experienced divorce as a solution to a difficult situation and live in second unions.
Good and generous apparently meaning people whose donations of time and cash show the divorce was the former spouse's fault.
The teaching of the New Testament is clear (Matt 5:31-32).
It's clear, so you might think that the Church Christ founded would clearly be a Church that clearly taught this clear teaching. Bishop Sklba, by contrast, sees clear teaching as a problem.
The ancient churches of the East found a way to deal with this painful pastoral reality, but Western Catholicism has not as yet found a solution other than through the annulment process.
"The ancient churches of the East"? Is that the churches of the Orthodox Church? Are the Eastern Catholic churches not "ancient churches of the East"? And the Orthodox have "found a way"? Might that way be permitting divorce, despite clear teaching in the Gospel? When Bishop Sklba says "painful pastoral reality" he's saying many priests can't stand the heat from clear teaching, so he's hoping to turn it to no-bake fudge.
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