[Peach]

I have no objections to it because I am no longer a practicing Catholic.

I posted it only to show some freepers who called me a liar and said that the Catholic church did not stop separated women from receiving the sacrament.

If in 1998 the official policy of the Catholic church is that divorced women sometimes can receive the sacrament and they need to check with the specific parish to see what their position is, you can well imagine what things were like in 1963.

MUCH harsher. But do I care what they do today? Nope. Doesn't affect me at all.

[sinkspur]

Peach, in all honesty, what you posted above says "divorced and remarried Catholics may not receive the Eucharist." That's always been the Church's teaching.

However, what you described earlier was also the case, that divorced and separated Catholics were treated as virtual pariahs in the Church prior to 1965.

Jesus didn't come for the healthy, but for the sick, meaning those who were broken in spirit and in their relationships.

[ninenot]

Good.

Because what was posted was in 1960, 1995, and remains today the practicum of the Roman Catholic Church regarding the issues surrounding divorce.

That Diocese plays it straight. Since you don't really like what Lincoln has to say on the matter, you have clarified your real thoughts on the matter with me.