[sinkspur]

"those who are actually responsible for the breakup of the marriage and the failure to be reconciled when possible are indeed guilty of sin and have an obligation to repent and confess their sin before receiving Communion, as would any grave sinner."

And, of course this includes Peach's mother, who stood there and watched her husband walk out on her, and had to endure a brain-dead priest make sure she knew she wasn't welcome to receive Communion! (/sarcasm).

You should stop now. Your postings have no relation to Peach's situation, and you are propagating the stereotype that Catholic teaching is cruel and heartless.

Turn your hat around and quit while you're ahead.

[JohnnyZ]

You should stop now. Your postings have no relation to Peach's situation

Peach's situation was that she was 7, or 8, she's not sure, and JFK died, and her father left, and a priest immediately showed up denying communion to her whole family, oops maybe just to her mother, and ... I don't think Peach even knows the truth of her situation.

Obviously an innocent party in a broken marriage is innocent and should be treated as such.

you are propagating the stereotype that Catholic teaching is cruel and heartless

I'm doing no such thing, or do you think the EWTN article is cruel and heartless?

[Polycarp IV]

"those who are actually responsible for the breakup of the marriage and the failure to be reconciled when possible are indeed guilty of sin and have an obligation to repent and confess their sin before receiving Communion, as would any grave sinner."

You should stop now. Your postings have no relation to Peach's situation, and you are propagating the stereotype that Catholic teaching is cruel and heartless.

Turn your hat around and quit while you're ahead.

How about everyone just shut up over Peach's situation.

More than likely, Peach's dad told the priest some whoppers about Peach's mom sleeping around or failing to fulfill her marital duty, and blamer her for "being the cause for the breakup of the marriage and the failure to be reconciled when possible" and the poor priest bought the story hook line and sinker. So he dutifully marched over and told her mom not to receive.

More than likely, this is the simplest, most plausible answer.

And Peach's 4 decade old sniping IS suspicious. I suspect there's much more to this story, probably what I said above, and peach's REAL issue is that old priest took her dad's word over her mom, and this is feminist revisional projection by Peach on the entire Church.

Either way, Peach's condemnation and rejection of Catholicism based on her story rings hollow to me, and probably is rationalization for other disagreements, probably feminist or sexual in nature, with the Church.

[GOP Soccer Mom]

You should stop now. Your postings have no relation to Peach's situation, and you are propagating the stereotype that Catholic teaching is cruel and heartless.

THANK YOU!!! She isn't even on the thread now. Lay OFF, dude!