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To: Peach
Catholics who are divorced but not remarried should consult their confessors or a parish priest as to whether they may receive Holy Communion. In certain circumstances they are allowed to do so.

Well, look at where your link is sourced.

The Diocese of Lincoln.

Ignore that sentence. Just ignore it. Bishop Bruskewitz, the Bishop of Lincoln, reflects the pre-Vatican II understanding of divorced Catholics, among other arcania. This directive makes no distinctions, nor does it recognize that divorce, in and of itself, does not prevent reception of the Eucharist.

Consult the Catholic Catechism, instead.

304 posted on 06/17/2004 7:37:36 PM PDT by sinkspur (There's no problem on the inside of a kid that the outside of a dog can't cure.)
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To: sinkspur; BlackElk; Peach

Sink, you are dispensing "pastoral" advice and I don't think that is within your paygrade.

Particularly when you choose to contradict a Bishop of the Church.

Reconsider, my friend.


306 posted on 06/17/2004 7:42:46 PM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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To: sinkspur

I appreciate your thoughts and comments but really, the ugly people with ugly souls have come back and I'm out of here.

It's no wonder the Catholic Church is losing so many people if the ugliness on this thread is an indication of their membership.


309 posted on 06/17/2004 7:44:28 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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