Why should a man or woman for that matter be denied communion because their cheating, lowdown, backstabbing wife or husband dumped them for someone else?
I fail to see what point it makes other than rubbing salt in an open wound.
As to the point you’re making here, there is no prohibition of Communion for the divorced in the Church now, anyone who says differently (even anyone on FR) is wrong. There’s not even a prohibition of divorce. You can get divorced of you are Catholic.
The preceding are common misconceptions. That is, many believe that divorced Catholics are: 1. Living in sin just by being divorced and 2. Since they are in sin, they shouldn’t receive Communion.
These are simply wrong.
What Catholics are NOT allowed to do is get divorced and remarry! I’ll leave it to others to explain that more fully, but I thought I’d set you straight on the matter. The Church isn’t forcing wives to stay with abusive husbands. Not at all.
As for the OP, this is where the controversey occurs or might, if it is indeed true. Because again, you aren’t allowed to remarry if you divorce yourself from your spouse. That’s where the sin starts.
“I guess this made sense at some point, however with today’s no-fault split ups its just unfair.
Why should a man or woman for that matter be denied communion because their cheating, lowdown, backstabbing wife or husband dumped them for someone else?”
Nobody is being denied simply because they are divorced. They are only denied if they divorce and then remarry, without getting an annulment.
I’m in agreement with the Catholics on the no remarriage issue, no matter how easy divorces are to get. God’s standard for our behavior doesn’t change just because the world makes it easier for us to sin.