reach new milestones towards the full Christian ideal does not end." Sicily (June 2017) The Sicilian Bishops' Conference released guidelines in June 2017 that state, "In some circumstances, therefore, concerning the divorced and remarried according to the evaluation of the confessor and taking into account the good of the penitent, it is possible to absolve and admit to the Eucharist, even if the confessor knows that it is for the Church an objective disorder. However, it must be clear that if one flaunts an objective sin as if it were part of the Christian ideal, or wants to impose something different from what the Church teaches, ... they need to hear again the proclamation of the Gospel and the invitation to conversion (AL 297)". The guidelines continue, "The requirement to access the sacraments is repentance and the commitment to go through a new path, human and spiritual, in the current objective situation in which the person finds themselves, and not abstract perfection. There are circumstances, in fact, in which every norm must be traced back to its own end which is the salvation of souls, the good of people". Piedmont (January 2018) In January 2018, the Episcopal Conference of Piedmont and Valle D’Aosta issued guidelines that cite Pope Francis' approval of the Buenos Aires guidelines and propose a path of case-by-case integration where it is not "practicable" for a divorced person in a new civil union to abstain from the acts proper to married couples. Dioceses in Portugal Braga (January 2018) In January 2018, the Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal, released guidelines for a process of discernment for divorced and civilly remarried couples who are unable to obtain a declaration of nullity with respect to a prior marriage. Jorge Ortiga, Primate Archbishop of Braga, explained, "After several steps and a course of a few months, it will ultimately be up to the couple to take the decision before God." While noting that "It is not a matter of granting a general 'authorization' to access the sacraments, but a process of personal discernment", Archbishop Ortiga said the process of discernment "is likely to culminate in access to the sacraments (reconciliation and communion), but may also be directed towards other forms of greater integration in Church's life." Lisbon (February 2018) In February 2018, Cardinal Patriarch Manuel Clemente of Lisbon issued guidelines under Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia which state the following: Bearing all