Pastors don’t make it a point to ask people who come up for Communion whether they are divorced or remarried. It is sufficient that the Church teaches that it is wrong—or at least is supposed to teach that it is wrong.
The same with abortion. If someone acts to promote abortion and then comes up to receive Communion without first confessing, then they are committing a second mortal sin. But it’s not up to the priest to ask communicants whether they support abortion. On the other hand, if it is publicly known, as with someone like Nancy Pelosi, who has no intention of reforming, then the priest is wrong to give her communion.
And if it is a mortal sin to receive Communion when you know that you are living in mortal sin, then pastors are doing no one any favors by telling them it’s OK. Their job is to warn sinners, not to encourage them.
Mark
That’s it. That’s the scandal that dwarfs the homosexualist priest scandal, if abortion is what the Church says it is.
Freegards