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Support for Fr. Joseph Illo. Fr. Z rants about denial of Communion
I want to offer my public support for Fr. Joseph Illo in San Francisco at Star of the Sea (beautiful title). He wrote about a tough call he had to make as pastor. HERE The basics: A women took her … Continue reading
Canonist Ed Peters eviscerates bishops – one in particular – who won’t apply law
Right away go over to canonist Ed Peters’ place and read his vivisection of Card. Cupich. It’s not just Cupich whom he has eviscerated. It’s all the bishops who refuse to implement the Church’s Canon Law. I believe bishops take … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Canon Law, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, The Drill
Tagged can. 915, can.916, Card. Cupich, Ed Peters
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Bp. Paprocki bans pro-abortion politicians from Holy Communion
Bp. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, the capital city of the state, has issued a decree on 2 June which bans pro-abortion politicians from receiving Holy Communion in the diocese entrusted to his care. The trigger for this was the … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS
Tagged Bp. Paprocki, can. 915, can.916, D. Springfield in Illinois
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WRONG: Maltese, Germans, Argentinians and now Braga. “Patently and gravely wrong.” Ed Peters explains the situation.
My old pastor and mentor, Msgr. Schuler, used to say: When you’re right, you can’t be wrong. The flip side is: When you’re wrong, you can’t be right. There are a lot of people out there who are just plain … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Archd. Braga, can. 915, can.916, Ed Peters
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ASK FATHER: Assistant priest wonders what to do if pastor won’t speak to adulterous couples who receive Communion.
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Here is a question which perhaps you could answer for those of us who are parochial vicars. What should we do if people regularly present themselves for communion who are married outside the Church? Ordinarily, we … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: What is “properly disposed” for Holy Communion?
From a reader… One of the requirements for receiving communion, besides being in the state of grace, is being “properly disposed” to receive. This is something that never gets talked about. How exactly should we discern whether we are “properly … Continue reading
CWR: Interview with Bp. Paprocki about decree on regarding same-sex “marriage”and “related pastoral issues”
Catholic World Report has published an interview with Bp. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois. This is a followup to the vicious and undeserved criticism that the homosexualists have rained down on the bishop since he promulgated particular law for … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can I give SSPX followers Holy Communion?
From a reader, a priest… QUAERITUR: We offer the old mass every Sunday at midday. Missa cantata with very sound teaching. There are individuals who choose to attend Sunday mass at an sspx chapel near to us (and no nearer … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, SSPX
Tagged can. 1364, can. 751, can. 912, can. 915, can.916, SSPX
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CRUX: An exercise in contrasts concerning ‘Amoris laetitia’
At Crux there were a pair of pieces which were in sharp contrast. First, take note of Austen Ivereigh’s lengthy (and rather whiny) interview with Jesuit Fr. Antonio Spadaro. HERE He’s sooooo misunderstood! And he tells us about that at jesuitical length. … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Antonio Spadaro, can. 915, can.916, dubia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals
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Bp. Paprocki explains denial of Communion for manifest grave sinners
DATELINE: Springfield, IL. It seems that in a letter to the edition of the local paper someone went after His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield in regard to Communion for the civilly divorced and remarried (CDRs). HERE … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Cupich, Bp. Paprocki, can. 915, can.916, Communion, divorced and remarried
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A canonist explains something about can. 915 & can. 916
The Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, is back at it after his synodal sojourn in Rome. A recent offering: Catholics, Communion, and Controversies by Dr. Edward Peters Controversies over participation in holy Communion by Catholics publicly at odds with Church … Continue reading
What does “manifest sin” mean when talking Communion and can. 915?
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! I received a question from a reader this morning: Without any regard for c. 915, which is the morally correct thing for a priest to do: give the Holy Eucharist to some he knows … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, The Drill
Tagged can. 915, can.916, Holy Communion, manifest, Prof. Peters
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Dr. Peters on can. 915 and “catholics” who cause scandal and yet receive Communion
The Canonical Defender, Ed Peters, has comments on can. 915, a very important canon which has in the opinion of many been little observed. Go to Dr. Peters page for his bit about Robert Mugabe’s reception of Communion at the … Continue reading
Ed Peters on NY Gov. Cuomo’s support of contrary-to-nature unions and Holy Communion
The Canonical Defender, the great Ed Peters, has opined about the scandalous, aggressive, public support given to contrary-to-nature-unions by NY state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, catholic. My emphases. My comments. I inserted his own footnotes, indicated by asterisks, directly into the … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged c. 1247, can. 1368, can. 1717, can. 209, can. 915, can.916, Ed Peters, Gov. Cuomo, New York, same-sex unions
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