[piusv]

Canon 844 of the Catholic Church Code of Canon Law only permits the Eucharist to be given to Catholics in the state of grace (that is, not in a state of grave sin), except in cases of non-Catholics who request communion and who are from churches that are approved by the Holy See as holding the same faith as Catholics regarding communion. Lutherans have traditionally been seen as not holding to the same faith as Catholics on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

The bolded being the slippery slope. Previously the Church NEVER allowed non-Catholics to receive communion unless they first converted to the Catholic Faith...whole and entire.

So when Lutherans and other non-Catholics are allowed to receive communion and when the divorced and remarried are allowed to receive communion, look no further than JPII's 1983 Code of Canon Law...which was the codification of Vatican II.

[captain_dave]

Christians should put aside their differences and unite to face the latest “Siege of Vienna”, the moslem onslaught against Europe.

[ebb tide]

I truly believe that Bergoglio does not believe in Transubstantiation.

He kneels to receive “blessings” from heretics. He kneels when he washes the feet of women and non-Catholics on Holy Thursdays. But he will not genuflect when he consecrates the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

He treats Holy Communion like it is just a communal meal, meant for all.

[ealgeone]

So when Lutherans and other non-Catholics are allowed to receive communion....

NEWS FLASH: ALL CHRISTIANS RECEIVE COMMUNION