Catholic priest denies communion to lesbian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my mother was died, I was not able to take communion. I know that I was not able to take communion and I didn't attempt to do so.

Without regard to what any individual Cardinal my do or say (they can and do bow to pressure)
, a priest cannot knowingly give the Eucharist to someone who is not is a state of grace the sin is on the priest and not the Cardinal.

So you disagree with Cardinal Wuerl - isn't that a sin. You may want to go to confession before you go to communion again.

Unless this priest saw this women in a homosexual act he has no clue - and until he stops giving communion to obese parishioner he is just jumping on the bandwagon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM would a priest do something, the church come out and say the priest was wrong and people STILL bitch

We get it. You aren't Catholic or you are a former Catholic, you think the Catholic church is horrible or you believe all priests are pedophiles.

Do you really think any Catholic cares what you think? Are you trying to change my religion? I think there is a song about this......

Because people here are arguing that the priest was within his rights to do what he did, DESPITE the church saying it was wrong. That's partly why people are bitching. Plus, it's fun to make fun of judgmental, sanctimonious jerks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my mother was died, I was not able to take communion. I know that I was not able to take communion and I didn't attempt to do so.

Without regard to what any individual Cardinal my do or say (they can and do bow to pressure)
, a priest cannot knowingly give the Eucharist to someone who is not is a state of grace the sin is on the priest and not the Cardinal.

So you disagree with Cardinal Wuerl - isn't that a sin. You may want to go to confession before you go to communion again.

Unless this priest saw this women in a homosexual act he has no clue - and until he stops giving communion to obese parishioner he is just jumping on the bandwagon.

Disagreeing is not a sin.

[Anonymous]

The priest has no way of knowing WHAT this woman does in her bedroom. So, no, he would not have sinned by giving her communion. Only if she had confessed to him and indicated that she had no intent to change her ways, could he be certain. This was not her home parish, so it is doubtful that he knew anything about her conscience. He assumed, and he publicly shamed her in the most inappropriate of circumstances. It was wrong, stop defending the behavior, you make Catholics look bad.

[Anonymous]

Putting aside the issue of this woman taking communion for a second would a Catholic not angered by the public way this priest denied this woman communion please explain why he had to leave the alter while she gave a few words in memory of her mother? How is that not just cruel?

And on the issue of communion, I do understand that if she is living with a woman and is sexually active (because that's the sin, right? not just co-habitating with someone of the same sex) that she is living in a state of sin according to the church about which she is probably not repentant (because she's probably comfortable with it and doesn't intend to change it) that she may not be 'fit' to receive communion. But what about all the many many heterosexual couples who are using birth control and who are unrepentant about it and receive communion every week at mass? I mean, really, many many people in this area should not receive communion if these things are disqualifying factors. And even if he had to refuse her communion, the way he dealt with her and her family was cruel. How can the church hope to minister to people making 'bad' choices if priests won't talk with or deal with and literally shun those living the 'wrong' lifestyle? It just makes no sense. If the priest hopes to save people, is this the way to go about it?

Jesus was not cruel and he didn't shun people according to their lifestyle.

And then this is the canon law 915

Those who have been ... obstinately persevering in
manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.

Is living a lesbian lifestyle really a 'grave sin?' Kind of cheapens the argument against abortion. Comparing having sex with a woman to what Catholics think is murder?

[Anonymous]

The pious here seem to be okay with the priest's denial of the Eucharist but no one has explained the refusal to officiate at the grave. Why punish the deceased mother and others in mourning because her lesbian daughter was present? Perhaps no one but Catholics "in a state of grace" should attend funerals?? PS I was raised Catholic and although the Church is not a part of my life, this not the Catholic Church that unconditionally supported my separated grandmother on her deathbed.

[Anonymous]

The letter of apology from the priest actually acting like a priest should be all you judgmental people have to read. That's the right way to respond, not pile on more about how she's wrong and the church is right no matter what. That priest recognized they screwed up and apologized in a very compassionate way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my mother was died, I was not able to take communion. I know that I was not able to take communion and I didn't attempt to do so.

Without regard to what any individual Cardinal my do or say (they can and do bow to pressure)
, a priest cannot knowingly give the Eucharist to someone who is not is a state of grace the sin is on the priest and not the Cardinal.

So you disagree with Cardinal Wuerl - isn't that a sin. You may want to go to confession before you go to communion again.

Unless this priest saw this women in a homosexual act he has no clue - and until he stops giving communion to obese parishioner he is just jumping on the bandwagon.

Disagreeing is not a sin.

It's heresy.

[Anonymous]

should the ACLU and the government mandate that all religious institutions must baptize and give communion to everyone? How about bah Mitzvah, weddings, circumcisions. What you are seeing is the reaction to pulling the country too far over the left and the right is trying to pull it back center to offset the craziness of the last few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:should the ACLU and the government mandate that all religious institutions must baptize and give communion to everyone? How about bah Mitzvah, weddings, circumcisions. What you are seeing is the reaction to pulling the country too far over the left and the right is trying to pull it back center to offset the craziness of the last few years.

What are you talking about? Catholics should be outraged at how this priest behaved. Catholics, not liberals, or lefties, or whatever the hell you're talking about. Priests shouldn't be responded to politics, they should be responding to God, and I don't think God approves.

[Anonymous]

She was wrong to ask for communion. He did not follow policy, he was wrong (he was to take her aside and speak to her privately is my understanding. I use birth control, I don't receive communion.

[Anonymous]

I don't receive communion because it's BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:should the ACLU and the government mandate that all religious institutions must baptize and give communion to everyone? How about bah Mitzvah, weddings, circumcisions. What you are seeing is the reaction to pulling the country too far over the left and the right is trying to pull it back center to offset the craziness of the last few years.

What are you talking about? Catholics should be outraged at how this priest behaved. Catholics, not liberals, or lefties, or whatever the hell you're talking about. Priests shouldn't be responded to politics, they should be responding to God, and I don't think God approves.

sorry, Religion = morality = politics

To the non Catholics/Christians or people who omit parts of the Bible in their christian belief read this to understand why it is a sin

http://bible-christian.org/lesbian.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:should the ACLU and the government mandate that all religious institutions must baptize and give communion to everyone? How about bah Mitzvah, weddings, circumcisions. What you are seeing is the reaction to pulling the country too far over the left and the right is trying to pull it back center to offset the craziness of the last few years.

What are you talking about? Catholics should be outraged at how this priest behaved. Catholics, not liberals, or lefties, or whatever the hell you're talking about. Priests shouldn't be responded to politics, they should be responding to God, and I don't think God approves.

sorry, Religion = morality = politics

To the non Catholics/Christians or people who omit parts of the Bible in their christian belief read this to understand why it is a sin

http://bible-christian.org/lesbian.html

You can call it bull shit, intolerance whatever etc... if you want but that is the way it was written and it is clear

If you don't like it start up another religion called Catholics 2 or something and do want you want, this is America

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM would a priest do something, the church come out and say the priest was wrong and people STILL bitch

We get it. You aren't Catholic or you are a former Catholic, you think the Catholic church is horrible or you believe all priests are pedophiles.

Do you really think any Catholic cares what you think? Are you trying to change my religion? I think there is a song about this......

Well, there's a flip side to that - only on DCUM will a priest do something, the church come out and says the priest was wrong, and (numerous) people STILL kick and scream that the priest was right. Dogmatic, myopic thinking is everywhere.