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To: Forest Keeper
For example, why isn't John Kerry excommunicated? Worse than that, he is still served the Eucharist.

That's like saying, "Not only is so-and-so bald, but he has very little hair!"

You got to study up on your "excommunication". The normal way for an excommunicated person to get un-ex-ed is to go to confession. It's only if it's REALLY bad is restoration reserved to the Pope or the Bishop. And the sacraments are not denied to anyone in extremis in any event.

And in any case we are not such fools as to think that God can't save anyone without our permission -- despite what I've said to Him about various politicians ....

3,434 posted on 03/03/2008 6:48:57 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Mad Dawg; MarkBsnr; Dr. Eckleburg; Alamo-Girl; wmfights
You got to study up on your "excommunication". The normal way for an excommunicated person to get un-ex-ed is to go to confession. It's only if it's REALLY bad is restoration reserved to the Pope or the Bishop. And the sacraments are not denied to anyone in extremis in any event.

So what you're telling me is that I am not welcome to partake of your Eucharist, but a lying, cheating, murdering, raping, unrepentant Roman Catholic is perfectly welcome to and it is proper for him to receive it? That sounds pretty wild. :) I was under the extremely strong impression that a person had to be worthy to receive the sacraments (other than confession), and that a priest should deny them to someone he knows to be unworthy.

3,618 posted on 03/07/2008 12:05:55 PM PST by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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