"AL stands for the proposition that if remaining in objective adultery is the 'best one can do under the circumstances', that is an acceptable understanding of how to conduct oneself." Actually, that sounds quite like the sort of gradualism practiced in the church's pastoral strategies (notably by Paul VI in regard to contraception and by his theologian Jan Visser in regard to gay couples). Perhaps you would care to say how the thesis you quote should be differentiated from the latter? The trouble is that the Correctio Filialis folk give the impression that their critique bears not only on Francis but on the entire Vatican II Church. One of its signatories is a schismatic leader.