To re-emphasize my statement of playing deaf, dumb and blind, you seem to have glossed over the plural use of the word, "sacraments". Otherwise, maybe you or Francis or Lombardi could tell us what other Sacraments, besides that of the Sacrament of Penance, should be made available to those unrepentant, Catholics living in a public, mortal state of sin who are in "irregular" sexual unions (whether they be pre-marital, sodomite, adulterous or polygamous).
Thanks in advance.
Two sacraments are mentioned in #351, Confession and Communion. So there’s your plural. It does NOT say they are to be given to unrepentant Catholics. In fact, as you know, Confession without repentance is not only invalid, but sacrilegious. Repentance -— which includes Amendment of Life -— is a constitutive element of the Sacrament of Penance.
Sinners are being called to repentance, BECAUSE a valid Confession is predicated upon repentance.
And after a valid Confession, Communion is once more offered to the penitent.
Other Sacraments? I mentioned the Last Rites, which would include Anointing of the Sick.
Again it was never suggested that it would be of any spiritual help to encourage an *unrepentant* person to make an invalid confession.
You’re welcome.