From euthanasia to homosexuality, and including sexuality, divorce, fertility treatment, and celibacy, this new series is a collection of essays written by authorities, who are able to analyze thoroughly the different issues, with the aim of encouraging a fruitful discussion and helping those who are looking for answers to increasingly urgent questions. The series is opened by three significant books that we will present one by one on our site, starting today, with José Granados' "Eucarestia e divorzio: cambia la dottrina?" (The Eucharist and Divorce: Is the Doctrine Changing?), to be followed by Luis Sanchez Navarro's "Cosa ne pensa Gesù dei divorziati risposati?" (What does Jesus think about those who are divorced and remarried?), and, finally, Stephan Kampowski's "Famiglie diverse: espressioni imperfette dello stesso ideale?" (Different Families: Imperfect Expressions of the Same Ideal?).

The work (168 pages, 12 €) of José Granados, vice-president of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute, whom Pope Francis appointed consultant to the Secretary General of the next session of the Synod of Bishops, reflects on the possibility of admitting the divorced and remarried to the Eucharist. The author, in fact, asks himself, whether the practice can be changed without changing the Church's doctrine?

Granados then examines what doctrine is, in order to go to the root of the matter in question: what is the tie that binds the doctrine to Christian action and to the Church's ministry? Does the doctrine evolve in each culture and, especially, in contact with the modern era? Following the precise path outlined in the text, with determination in order to find the underlying cause of problems to be solves and deviations to be avoided, the debate sparked by the Synod acquires a new light, the same one that could restore hope in the path of families.