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Tag Archives: denial of Holy Communion
URGENT – TIME SENSITIVE – INFO NEEDED ABOUT DENIAL OF COMMUNION ON THE TONGUE – REPOST, TWEET, ETC.
UPDATE: 4 August 2020 CLOSED UPDATE: 7 July 2020 The original deadline for this has passed. I am waiting to hear back from the canonist in Rome about the data summary from the survey. Although the deadline has passed, I … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Canon Law, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Communion on the tongue, denial of Holy Communion
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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 … Read More
D. Grand Rapids – Priest denies Communion to Lesbian judge married to a woman. He’s now under attack.
UPDATE 2 Dec 2019: This story has now thudded into a hardly surprising new phase. HERE She went to a Methodist “inclusion” gathering and tool their “communion”. I like the bit in the video where she says, “It’s not about … Read More
Priest denies Sen. Durbin Holy Communion. Bp. Paprocki supports priest.
This is from LifeSite Illinois bishop upholds priest’s decision to deny Communion to pro-abort Sen. Dick Durbin SPRINGFIELD, IL, April 3, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, known for his outspoken defense of the right to … Read More
Bp. Egan (D. Portsmouth): denial of Communion can be act of mercy, love
It is time for happy and articulate culture warriors to rise up and speak out. The Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Most Reverend Philip Egan, explained clearly what every bishop and priest ought to be able to repeat in public with … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Bp. Philip Egan, culture wars, D. Portsmouth, denial of Holy Communion
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Priest denies Communion to openly co-habitating lesbians
A friend sent me a note with a link to an article on a Kansas City, MO, news site. I wrote on this a few days ago, but am just returning to it now. The note from my friend included … Read More
Posted in Francis, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged can. 915, denial of Holy Communion, Holy Communion, homosexual activists, homosexuality, lesbians, Pope Francis
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Fr. Reese, Pope Francis, and denial of Holy Communion
Over at National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap), the Jesuit Fr. Tom Reese is trying to explain away Pope Francis’s take on denial of Holy Communion to Catholics who are publicly out of step with the Church’s teachings. Reese’s argument is, … Read More
Phil Lawler on “The betrayal of Father Guarnizo”
Phil Lawler on CWN has a piece worthy of your attention today. Here are some excerpts: The betrayal of Father Guarnizo By Phil Lawler […] Bishop Knestout’s letter was entirely sympathetic to Johnson, entirely unsympathetic to Father Guarnizo. There was … Read More
Fr. Guarnizo has more to say about being removed from ministry in Washington D.C.
The case of Father Marcel Guarnizo, a priest working as an assistant in a parish in the Archdiocese of Washington DC who denied Communion to a Lesbian and her lover in the sacristy before a Mass, has gotten a lot … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915
Tagged can. 915, denial of Holy Communion, Fr. Guarnizo, homosexual activist
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ACTION ITEM! POLL ALERT! Should priest be removed because he denied lesbian Communion?
You know by now about the dust up in the Archdiocese of Washington DC, where a priest denied Holy Communion to a woman who had in private announced to him in an unrepentant way that she was a practicing lesbian. … Read More
The “Lesbian Denied Communion” issue: some posts and updates
I initially posted on the story HERE. Lot’s of comments, including excellent canonical points from Dr. Peters. As a follow up I posted HERE about can. 915 and the denial of Holy Communion to sinners. As an update, there is an op-ed … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters on can. 915 and the denial of Holy Communion to sinners
If a priest has sure and reliable knowledge that a person ought not receive Communion, is he not obliged to deny it? Tough call. The great Canonical Defender, Dr. Ed Peters, might not have an open combox on his fine … Read More
