The Eucharist in the Catholic Church - When The Eucharist Bishops Reject a person, what does it mean?
The Church is Canon law 915 which states that those who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops statement "Catholics in political life," says:
Therefore, like every Catholic generation before us, we must be guided by the words of St. Paul, "Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy way of being guilty of profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord "(1 Cor 11:27).
And that continues up to each bishop in his diocese and in one case by case basis whether or not to deny Holy Communion to Catholic politicians because of their public support for abortion.
Here is the complete document: http://www.usccb.org/bishops/catholicsin …
With love in Christ.
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Have been limited and should be for ALL.
I am Catholic, and the only way that happens is if that person has not had the first holy communion, or been baptized. My dad was a Eucharistic minister, of course I have not been to church in a long time, (bad I know), but when receiving the body and blood of Christ.
That may have knowledge that they are in mortal sin or have not yet received the other sacraments that precede it.
This means that anyone who professes a belief in the heresy, or is living in unrepentant sin, something pretty bad for what drove the church.
Catholic or not, or are living in a state of unrepentant mortal sin.
When the bishops try to "play God" and try someone.Hmmm … doesn't the Bible say that is not a judge, not to be tried?
This means that there are Catholics or have done something really bad. I disagree with the Catholic church sacrament only restraint on land that is not Catholic. Sacramento is for everyone.