I am with with you about the bishops taking an even stronger stand BUT, they would never bar them from entering the Church. They should not be allowed to receive the Communion. And, again, this should be AFTER that bishop has personally informed and counseled the person in question.
>>I am with with you about the bishops taking an even stronger stand BUT, they would never bar them from entering the Church. They should not be allowed to receive the Communion. And, again, this should be AFTER that bishop has personally informed and counseled the person in question.
Jesus drove the money lenders out of the temple:”My house is a house of prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves.” Mark Chapter 11, verse 17. As Christ’s representatives on Earth, the bishops have no less a responsibility to keep the Church as a “house of prayer” and not tolerate those who give scandal - “the den of thieves”. The Bidens, Pelosis, Kennedys of this world are indeed thieves for they try to rob us of our faith.