Italian Bishops Invite Remarried Catholics to Receive Holy Communion In a public pastoral letter, Bishop Marangoni apologizes to divorced Catholics who have begun “new experiences of union” through civil remarriage or cohabitation and have felt judged, criticized, or ignored in our parish communities.“For a long time, we have also said that you could not be fully admitted to the sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist, while in many of you there was a desire to be sustained by the gift of the sacraments and by the warmth and affection of a community,” the bishop laments.