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  • [Catholic Caucus] Holy Communion for Cohabitors?

    08/06/2020 3:07:13 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 16 replies
    Church Militant ^ | August 6, 2020 | William Mahoney
    [Catholic Caucus] Holy Communion for Cohabitors? FRESNO, Calif. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Despite requests from a Knights of Columbus Council, a pastor in California is not retracting his offer of the Holy Eucharist to "couples that are not usually able to receive Communion" according to Church teaching. Fr. John Fluetsch In a letter copied to the bishop, Knights of Columbus Council 2384 asked Fr. John Fluetsch to publish a formal retraction for posting a scandalous entry in the June 21 parish bulletin of St. Patrick's in Merced, California — an entry in which the pastor offered Holy Communion to the "civilly divorced and...