in september 2017, pope francis told a gathering of jesuits in colombia, "i hear many comments – they are respectable for they come from children of god, but wrong concerning the post-synod apostolic exhortation. to understand "amoris laetitia" you need to read it from the start to the end. beginning with the first chapter, and to continue to the second and then on … and reflect. and read what was said in the synod." he continued, "a second thing: some maintain that there is no catholic morality underlying "amoris laetitia", or at least, no sure morality. i want to repeat clearly that the morality of "amoris laetitia" is thomist, the morality of the great thomas. you can speak of it with a great theologian, one of the best today and one of the most mature, cardinal schönborn."