Posted on 02/01/2017 8:42:28 AM PST by Olog-hai
Pope Francis’ outreach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics opens the door to letting them receive Communion, Germany’s bishops declared Wednesday.
In a statement, the German bishops’ conference said a document by Francis entitled “The Joy of Love” sets out how pastors can provide “differentiated solutions” to individual cases through a process of accompaniment. That process “opens the possibility of receiving the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist,” the bishops’ statement said.
Argentine and Maltese bishops already have issued similar guidelines based on Francis’ divisive 2016 document, which was the fruit of a two-year canvassing of church leaders during two Vatican meetings, or synods, of bishops. …
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Interesting. Communion is a VERY simple part of Christianity. My wife and I do it at home.
Do you act like the priests and wear expensive costumes to conduct the ceremony?
Do you act like the priests and wear expensive costumes to conduct the ceremony?
Well, I actually take it very seriously. To me it is a simple symbol given to us by Jesus to represent to core of what Christianity is. And it is so simple that it is almost impossible to muck it up. It is a very personal thing, for that is what our relationship with Him is as well.
I’m the messenger, so you can all shoot me again.
Told ya so....this is GOING to happen. The decision has already been made. Dissident Cardinals will be pushed to the side and the policy will be crammed-down from the very top.
I have some inside info from a contact who is VERY close to a particular Cardinal.
I know a lot of Catholics don’t want this. I’m just being truthful. If that’s a deal-breaker then schism is your only option.
Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:19
End of story!
As with selling indulgences, so that the wealthy and wicked could buy their way into Heaven; so to is the communion of those undeserving.
It is not for men to decide who is worthy of communion, in the true sense of the word; likewise, men cannot give other men the keys to Heaven. They can only teach a righteous path, it is up to everyone on their own to follow it or not.
Good for you! I like your answer.
This Pope has accomplished what kings, emperors, despots, prelates, and other leaders both secular and ecclesiastic could not. He has whored the Church out to culture’s highest bidder and so Her demise.
There is, of course, symbolic “communion” where a symbolic re-enactment takes place.....there is also the Catholic Holy Eucharist where there is a REPEAT of the last supper. There is a transubstantiation of bread and wine into the actual body and blood of Christ.
Divorced Catholics who have remarried civilly are not permitted to receive it because they are living in a stte of adultery.
Like the bishops of Argentina, Malta, San Diego, and Chicago, and Washington (Wuerl), the bishops of Germany are mandating that priests must commit the CRIME of solicitation in Confession.
I am staying in the Catholi Church, even if the Pope and all the bishops leave.
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