And if you get tired of the cafeteria, you can go to the buffet.
Posted on 03/13/2007 7:18:07 AM PDT by rface
It's a little long but if you want to read the official document go: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_en.html
The marriage section is in: The Eucharist and the Sacraments which is section V. The celibacy section is IV.
I never trust the MSM to report things like this correctly.
Marriage in the Church is a sacrament of the Church and as such it can only be dissolved by the Church. If they don't allow the divorce/dissolution of the marriage then you are still married. If you civilly marry another person in the Church's eyes you are essentially living in sin. Until you correct/stop that on going sin you aren't supposed to take communion.
I don't think the same thing applies if the first marriage is not done as a Catholic religious ceremony. If you are married by a Justice of the Peace, a minister of a different religion, etc I don't think you have the same problem in taking communion or getting married again in the Church.
And if you get tired of the cafeteria, you can go to the buffet.
Kennedy..inebriated? How nice. Wonder when the
two Mass . Senators will come out for the stance
taken by the Pope,..now and before. Are you sure
they are Catholic?? Wierd people..all over that
state....I happened to be in Boston in 2002...too
wierd for me and I live in California....JK
It all comes down to the interpretation and misinterpretation of the Greek word "porneia". This Catholic Apologetics site explains it pretty well.
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