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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are the rules and there is the practice.... If teddy Kennedy could take catholic communion, and I am pretty sure this lady's husband can, too.[/quote]

[b]But Teddy Kennedy was a baptized catholic who made a confession and was absolved of his sins by a Catholic priest.  If this lady's husband hasn't done that, then he can't go to communion. Period -- It has nothing to do with an outsider's analysis of how deserving he is.  It has to do with following the rules of the church.[/quote][/b]

Yes, and no.  Some sins must be corrected before approaching the rail (as in former wives, adultery, annulments, etc. so all the confessing in the world won't help you until you've paid your debts and bought your right back to the communion rail - and, yes that is often with $$).  As to Episcopaians, it is totally inappropriate to go to the rail for a Catholic communion.  Those are just the rules and if you are sitting in their church, you should abide by them.  No one but a Catholic in good standing, having confessed and in a state of grace can approach - much of these fules comes from the belief of transubstantian.  Other Christians may not approach the rail - it's not their club.  No Episcopalians or Anglicans (even a priest) went to the rail during an immediate family member's funeral mass.  It is simply not done and is  an affront to the Catholic church and its members (not that I care all that much, but it is).  DH's husband is wrong to do it.[/quote]

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