In his address to the College of Cardinals in 2014, in numerous interviews since then, and in personal correspondence, Cardinal Walter Kasper often suggests that there would be nothing really
new about the Catholic Church, after due deliberation and consensus - building, finding a «path» toward admitting a divorced and civilly remarried Catholic to Holy Communion after a
penitential period, an «honest judgment of the person concerned about his personal situation,» and support from a sacramental confessor.