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The Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia) is the post-synodal apostolic exhortation published in April 2016 that followed the two Synods on the family that convened in 2014 and 2015 by Pope Francis. It contains the most comprehensive statement of Catholic teaching on marriage and family since the last apostolic exhortation concerning marriage and family, Familaris Consortio, following the 1980 synod on...

it is practically impossible for them not to choose that evil. We see this in the case of compulsive drug addicts. When they want a fix, they want it completely, yet they are so conditioned that at that moment no other decision is possible. Their decision is voluntary but not free. It makes no sense to “let them freely choose”, since in fact they cannot choose, and exposing them to drugs only increases their addiction. They need the help of others and a process of rehabilitation.
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