“Catholics” should be in quotes.
“....didn’t lift the ban on Communion for Catholics who divorce and remarry without an annulment, but he seemingly has made room for priests and laypeople to make such decisions together on a case-by-case basis.”
Sooooooo....what is it?...how can priests and lay people “make decisions together on a case-by-case basis” if the ban hasn’t been lifted?
So how much is an annulment now, the last one cost me about $800? It was back in the 70’s but it was well worth it.
Regardless of official church doctrine, my impression is anyone can attend a Catholic mass and receive communion. No one checks if the person is divorced.
Not exactly.
Frannie high five’s Satan
Like this one, no doubt: "I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."
This Pope!/ face palm. Our Carmelite priests said, “When the 60s generation passes, the Catholic Church will come back to normal.” May it be, Lord.
Bwahahahaha, ROTFLMAO, hehehehe, snort.
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he and his ex-wife were unable to receive the key rite of Communion
Because they got a divorce? If he were truly committed to the Catholic Church, he would have spent the ten minutes it would have taken to clear up his ignorance.
Wow. Just wow.
It can happen that one of the spouses is the innocent victim of a divorce decreed by civil law; this spouse therefore has not contravened the moral law. There is a considerable difference between a spouse who has sincerely tried to be faithful to the sacrament of marriage and is unjustly abandoned, and one who through his own grave fault destroys a canonically valid marriage. (CCC 2386)
Today there are numerous Catholics in many countries who have recourse to civil divorce and contract new civil unions. In fidelity to the words of Jesus Christ—"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery"—the Church maintains that a new union cannot be recognized as valid, if the first marriage was. If the divorced are remarried civilly, they find themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes God’s law. Consequently, they cannot receive eucharistic Communion as long as this situation persists. For the same reason, they cannot exercise certain ecclesial responsibilities. Reconciliation through the sacrament of penance can be granted only to those who have repented for having violated the sign of the covenant and of fidelity to Christ, and who are committed to living in complete continence. (CCC 1650)
bump for later
If your marriage dissolves for whatever reason, just don’t get remarried and all is well.
Every single sentence in this story contains a term that is misused, or a term that is never used in Catholicism, or something that is utterly indecipherable. The reporter has no clue what facts might be relevant or not.
Total intellectual chaos. Just the way Bergoglio likes it.
Sounds like religious amnesty.