Bravo to him for decreeing this. Nice to hear of some backbone.
Reminds me of our Pazner Pope.
Ya think?
I thought it was a little bit wishy washy myself.
Failure to adhere to this policy may result in the imposition of canonical sanctions
May? -- that gives him an out. How about will
And how about the laity?
No statement in there along the lines of:
Same sex couples who attempt "marriage," whether civilly or illicitly under the cover of some "religious ceremony" shall refrain from receiving communion per Canon 915, to avoid scandal among the faithful.
Yes, it's better than nothing...but he could have gone a WHOLE lot farther, at least in my book.
He needs to threaten Andrew Cuomo and any Catholic politician who pushes homosexuality or same-sex marriage with excommunication.