[a fool in paradise]

Ted Kennedy didn’t need to wait in line. He had a cellar full of wine back home.

[Ghost of SVR4]

But democrat politicians that pray at the alter of abortion are good to go!!!

[donmeaker]

So if I am divorced, then remarried, and then divorced again, am I permitted communion?

[donmeaker]

It used to be that if you were divorced, remarried, you could receive communion, if you agreed to live with your second spouse as ‘brother and sister’.

[HawkHogan]

So divorced Catholics receive no forgiveness but the Pelosi Catholics can receive Communion as they worship at the altar of abortion?

[MrLee]

Being divorced and remarried equals living in continual adultery = going to hell when you die. Have to go back and find your first spouse. I don’t think God sees it that way.....

[Gamecock]

The loophole being pay off Rome, Inc and get an annulment.

[Big Giant Head]

Interesting topic for me. I divorced nearly 30 years ago. She was Catholic, me, not so much. I wasn’t going to any church or part of any organized religion.

Now, in order for me to be baptized, and my new bride to resume communion, I have to ensure my ex and I are properly annulled, and I cannot find her.

[OpusatFR]

Instead of conjecture regarding the state of Pelosi’s, Biden’s, and others’ souls, I would suggest everyone pray for them.

Receiving the Eucharist while endorsing error and creating scandal reflects an arrogance beyond any healing except Divine.

Life is short. Eternity is forever. I would hate to see anyone suffer hell eternally. It is also our duty to pray for these people.

[piusv]

You can always tell a non-Catholic article from a Catholic one: “taking communion”. Catholics don’t take communion, they receive communion.

[Burkean]

I’m glad to see this support for the sanctity of marriage. This is the direction all should go.

[escapefromboston]

I always enjoy these type of topics on freerepublic. “Conservative” protestants always come here and complain about the Church’s stance on divorce...it just brings a smile to my face.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Of course Nancy Pelousey and Joe Biden can still take communion. Its not the same if you push abortion.

[informavoracious]

Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller acknowledged the tensions the church dealt with in choosing to stand by an earlier tenant.

Pope Benedict XVI? Pope John XXIII? Pope Leo?

[Jack of all Trades]

"It is important to realize that there are other ways, apart from sacramental communion, of being in fellowship with God....

Bingo

I wonder if there are any divorced Catholics who can't obtain an annulment. My SIL is seriously considering divorcing my BIL. She said without hesitation or a shadow of a doubt that she would get an annulment. She's very devout - daily Mass, Bible study, etc. She's also been married 25+ years and has three kids. 0.o