papal rescriptum dated 5 June 2017, signed by the Sectetary of State Pietro Parolin; this rescriptum stated: "The Supreme Pontiff decrees that the two preceding Documents be published on the Vatican website and the Acta Apostolicae Sedis as Authentic Magisterium. Written at the Vatican Palace on June 5, 2017, Card. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State." Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, said: "The fact that the Pope requested that his letter and the interpretations of the Buenos Aires bishops be published in the AAS means that His Holiness has given these documents a particular qualification that elevates them to the level of being official teachings of the church. While the content of the Pope's letter itself does not contain teachings on faith and morals, it does point toward the interpretations of the Argentine bishops and confirms them as authentically reflecting his own mind. Thus together the two documents became the Holy Father's authentic magisterium for the whole church." Implementation Bishops in different regions of the world have each implemented their own guidelines concerning the pastoral care of persons living in "irregular" situations in accordance with chapter 8 of Amoris laetitia. Portsmouth (April 2016) Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, England, published a letter in the same month that Amoris laetitia was released in which he observed, "What to me is new in Amoris Laetitia is the Pope's application of the traditional distinction between mortal and venial sin to the many messy situations people find themselves in with regards to love, sexuality and relationships. For a mortal sin to be committed, three conditions are necessary: grave matter, full knowledge and full consent of the will (cf. Catechism 1857).... Some people are in messy situations through no real fault of their own, but through the actions of another. Bearing all this in mind can help pastors and individuals find creative ways forward." Bishop Egan says, "Does the Pope say the divorced and civilly remarried may now be readmitted to Holy Communion? No. What he says is that instead they need a good priest to reach out to them, to accompany them, to help them discern their situation before the Lord and to enable them to develop, to change and to take their proper place in the Church’s life and mission." Buenos Aires (September 2016) The bishops of Buenos Aires issued guidelines for priests concerning the implementation of Amoris