Posted on 09/19/2014 6:12:03 PM PDT by marshmallow
BILLINGS, Mont. – A gay couple has been told they can no longer receive Communion or participate in church ministry after the new priest at a Roman Catholic church in central Montana learned they had been married in a civil ceremony more than a year ago.
The decision set off a split that has cut attendance at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Lewistown, population 5,900. It has prompted an upcoming visit from the bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings.
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Glad to hear that the Bishop is coming to back up the pastor.
The Ass Press names the two queers but doesn’t name it priest or the bishop. Way to go Ass Press.
Stand by for the usual lawsuits and liberal court decisions. Off to the Supreme Court we go.
God bless this priest.
Doesn’t the priest know that religion can’t tell anyone they’re breaking the rules? Everyone has a right to salvation on their own terms.
Yes, do the right thing. Romans 1:18-32.
Indeed.He’s actually trying to help the two.
It needs to be taken to the courts - it is about time the line was firmly drawn in the sand for Catholics and those outside of the Church and for people to be fully aware that the Church cannot change it’s beliefs on this! It is also about time the the Government and courts be forced to back down or openly persecute the Church for it’s stance with the truth - no more of this chipping away at the edges. It takes a pivotal issue like this to force their hand and it is about time!
The evil faggots can go jump in a lake and take the clueless congregation with them
I’m amazed that people that go to a Catholic Church don’t understand that queers getting married means no communion, and think they are going to get the Diocese to back down
LOL
I’ll be sending St. Leo a little something.
And any thing that happens here will affect all denominations be they Catholic or Protestant.
Maybe the couple should call Cardinal Kasper.
But when did this ever stop the media from injecting their own agenda or reporting their own ideas as "reportable facts and truth"?!?
This is what The Church teaches ... calmly .. and in full.... about divorced individuals:
"While Church teaching recognizes the seriousness of divorce, it understands that:
1. There are situations in which civil divorce may be necessary: "If civil divorce remains the only possible way of ensuring certain legal rights, the care of the children, or the protection of inheritance, it can be tolerated and does not constitute a moral offense" (CCC 2383), and
2. Divorce may occur due to no fault of an innocent spouse:
It can happen that one of the spouses is the innocent victim of a divorce decreed by civil law; this spouse therefore has not contravened the moral law. There is a considerable difference between a spouse who has sincerely tried to be faithful to the sacrament of marriage and is unjustly abandoned, and one who through his own grave fault destroys a canonically valid marriage. (CCC 2386)
In such cases, divorce is not sinful for that person and he or she may continue to receive Communion. However, in other cases—as with all serious sin,—a divorced person should go to confession immediately, prior to receiving Communion. If a divorced person later remarries invalidly he or she would then be prohibited from receiving Communion as long as that situation persists or until he or she has gone to confession and committed to living chastely.
The Catechism explains:
Today there are numerous Catholics in many countries who have recourse to civil divorce and contract new civil unions. In fidelity to the words of Jesus Christ—"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery"—the Church maintains that a new union cannot be recognized as valid, if the first marriage was. If the divorced are remarried civilly, they find themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes God’s law. Consequently, they cannot receive eucharistic Communion as long as this situation persists. For the same reason, they cannot exercise certain ecclesial responsibilities. Reconciliation through the sacrament of penance can be granted only to those who have repented for having violated the sign of the covenant and of fidelity to Christ, and who are committed to living in complete continence. (CCC 1650)"
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Waiting for the latest mosque reports..
He’s going to be in big trouble with the new pope. Sounds like the Bishop is trying to head off things before he gets blamed for the actions of the rogue priest.
Yeah! Show ‘em the door!
Tell the lovely couple to go down the street to the local ELCA church, where they can receive Communion any old time.
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