[ebb tide]

Saying that the 'answer' lies in obeying one's conscience, would be true --- even in the case of a false conscience --- if the defects in the conscience were not the fault of the person, ..

But Bergoglio refused to tell a Lutheran woman, who was married to a Catholic, that she was forbidden to receive Holy Communion in the Catholic Church.

Instead, he told her to follow her "conscience", knowing full well the consequences of a false conscience: sacrilege.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I believe Pope Francis blew a "teachable moment" here, when he ought to have asked the woman to discern whether God is calling her to full Communion with the Catholic Church.

If she has a "sincere" Catholic belief in the Eucharist, she ought to ask to be received into the Catholic Church. My parish received a retired Lutheran pastor via RCIA last Easter. She is delighted to be Catholic.<> If the woman has NOT a Catholic belief n the Eucharist, she ought not to receive. It would be a violation of both the Lutheran and the Catholic understanding of the Blessed Sacrament.