Pope Francis continues to make waves as the head of the Roman Catholic church.<br /><br /> His latest announcement, previously made in more intimate surroundings and in personal terms, has come in front of a general audience in a formal setting.<br /><br /> Pope Francis is calling on his priests to no longer refuse to give communion to people who have been divorced.<br /><br /> “How do we take care of those who, after the irreversible failure of their marriage bond, have taken up a new union? These people are not at all excommunicated. They are not excommunicated, “ he insisted, “and they must not be treated as such. They still belong to the church.”<br /><br /> His call comes just ahead of this autumn’s General Synod on the Family, when cardinals from across the world will gather in the Vatican to debate the church’s future direction.
