I'm confused. Pope Francis asked the bishops not to make Eucharist a political tool. "In November, the bishops approved a new document that fell short of denying the Eucharist to pro-abortion politicians." So how can the archbishop deny Speaker Pelosi communion?
https://www.newsweek.com/pelosi-denied-communion-bishop-pope-eucharist-1708843
I'm confused. Pope Francis asked the bishops not to make Eucharist a political tool. "In November, the bishops approved a new document that fell short of denying the Eucharist to pro-abortion politicians." So how can the archbishop deny Speaker Pelosi communion?
I agree, but that's not the point I was trying to make.
It's kind of like federal vs. state here in the US. The feds - AKA Pope Francis - gave President Biden a "pass," but the state authority - AKA Bishop Salvatore - refuses to allow communion for Speaker Pelosi.
I have no idea what happens when either walks up the aisle for communion and the priest says, "Body of Christ."
I just know that President Biden is a man and Speaker Pelosi is a woman and it just seems wrong to me that their treatment is different.
I agree that it's wrong that their treatment is different. And one can find many many examples of this inequity in the church of my childhood. It just seems that in this particular situation it was more a question of geography (who is in charge in CA vs DE) and I wondered how an archbishop could defy both the pope and the council of bishops. Sigh...
Chaplain The Catholic Church on abortion seems akin to the Democratic Party on almost everything. Whatever the boss man says, there are many mice who munch their own cheese. Progressives, moderates, and coal-crunching Munchin.
I'm confused. Pope Francis asked the bishops not to make Eucharist a political tool. "In November, the bishops approved a new document that fell short of denying the Eucharist to pro-abortion politicians." So how can the archbishop deny Speaker Pelosi communion?
https://www.newsweek.com/pelosi-denied-communion-bishop-pope-eucharist-1708843
I agree, but that's not the point I was trying to make.
It's kind of like federal vs. state here in the US. The feds - AKA Pope Francis - gave President Biden a "pass," but the state authority - AKA Bishop Salvatore - refuses to allow communion for Speaker Pelosi.
I have no idea what happens when either walks up the aisle for communion and the priest says, "Body of Christ."
I just know that President Biden is a man and Speaker Pelosi is a woman and it just seems wrong to me that their treatment is different.
I agree that it's wrong that their treatment is different. And one can find many many examples of this inequity in the church of my childhood. It just seems that in this particular situation it was more a question of geography (who is in charge in CA vs DE) and I wondered how an archbishop could defy both the pope and the council of bishops. Sigh...
Chaplain The Catholic Church on abortion seems akin to the Democratic Party on almost everything. Whatever the boss man says, there are many mice who munch their own cheese. Progressives, moderates, and coal-crunching Munchin.
sorta like states' rights?