Is Pope Francis adulterating family values?

He said nothing about the US Supreme Court decision in June allowing same-sex marriage, then prom-ulgated two sweeping canon law amendments last week to make marital annulment less cumbersome and expensive. And as St. Pope John Paul II did in 2000, he is letting all priests give absolution for the reserved sin of abortion, not just bishops, in the Holy Year of Mercy starting December 8.

Are Pope Francis’s pronouncements and decrees on the family adulterating Catholic teaching and morals? Reactions to his missives and moves have ranged from applause and adulation to anxiety and apoplexy.