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The last time that Germany and Rome got together it was Der Führer and Il Duce - and not a lot of good came of it. This time it's some feuding German cathylick bishops and the Vatican - along with the "new" communist pope Francis.
One again we here at Landover Baptist are covering the story so you don't have to bother. It seems that some catlhylick "social justice warrior" type bishops in Germany want to give permission to protestant spouses of cathylicks to receive the coveted transubstantiated "wafer" - and this is causing quite a stir, with everyone waiting for the pope to weigh in on the matter from his "ex cathedra" direct hot line to God. If these renegade bishops are allowed to get away with this no doubt the next thing they will do is hand the wafers out to mooselimbs (who will probably dip them in humus before consuming them).
True Christians™ should take their favorite Nabisco wafer snack, mix up some party dip, and carry on - nothing to worry about here.
One again we here at Landover Baptist are covering the story so you don't have to bother. It seems that some catlhylick "social justice warrior" type bishops in Germany want to give permission to protestant spouses of cathylicks to receive the coveted transubstantiated "wafer" - and this is causing quite a stir, with everyone waiting for the pope to weigh in on the matter from his "ex cathedra" direct hot line to God. If these renegade bishops are allowed to get away with this no doubt the next thing they will do is hand the wafers out to mooselimbs (who will probably dip them in humus before consuming them).
True Christians™ should take their favorite Nabisco wafer snack, mix up some party dip, and carry on - nothing to worry about here.
A Crucial Moment For the Church: Intercommunion Debate in Rome in May
Maike Hickson - April 30, 2018
In May, there is to be an historic meeting with the CDF and some German bishops concerning the recent German pastoral guidelines on intercommunion. Many well-informed observers of this situation worry that this meeting might turn into a compromise and into an official Vatican approval of the progressivist German approach with regard to Protestant spouses of Catholics and their access to Holy Communion. It might amount to a similarly grave undermining of the Church’s sacramental order as with Amoris Laetitia and its aftermath.
While the world has been watching the Alfie case, there has been much going on in Germany and Rome with regard to the recent 22 February 2018 pastoral guidelines as approved by a two-thirds majority of German bishops – which allow Protestant spouses of Catholics, in some individual cases – to receive Holy Communion.
After this decision was published – even though the final version of these pastoral guidelines is still not promulgated – seven diocesan bishops wrote a letter to different Vatican addressees, asking for a clarification. They argued that the German bishops had stepped over the limits of their competence since these new guidelines would establish intercommunion which, so far, has been forbidden, except for emergency cases such as the danger of imminent death.
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A possible reason as to why Pope Francis wishes this CDF letter to remain unpublished is that he is himself not happy with it. As alert observers know, it was Pope Francis himself who, during a visit at the Lutheran Church in Rome in November of 2015, opened up to the idea that a Protestant spouse could come to a decision of conscience with regard to receiving Holy Communion. He then told a Protestant spouse of a Catholic who wished to receive Holy Communion: “Speak with the Lord and go forward.” One well-informed clerical source therefore told Onepeterfive that this German move was coming “from the very top in Rome.”
. . .
What so far has not been amply discussed in this matter, however, is the problem that those Protestant spouses who might now soon be allowed to receive Holy Communion are not bound first to receive the Sacrament of Penance; this fact will thus further undermine the Church’s teaching on the necessity of being in the state of grace for the reception of Holy Communion. The sacramental order of the Catholic Church will thereby further erode.
. . .
(more tedious and tiresome cathylick drivel at the following link
Maike Hickson - April 30, 2018
In May, there is to be an historic meeting with the CDF and some German bishops concerning the recent German pastoral guidelines on intercommunion. Many well-informed observers of this situation worry that this meeting might turn into a compromise and into an official Vatican approval of the progressivist German approach with regard to Protestant spouses of Catholics and their access to Holy Communion. It might amount to a similarly grave undermining of the Church’s sacramental order as with Amoris Laetitia and its aftermath.
While the world has been watching the Alfie case, there has been much going on in Germany and Rome with regard to the recent 22 February 2018 pastoral guidelines as approved by a two-thirds majority of German bishops – which allow Protestant spouses of Catholics, in some individual cases – to receive Holy Communion.
After this decision was published – even though the final version of these pastoral guidelines is still not promulgated – seven diocesan bishops wrote a letter to different Vatican addressees, asking for a clarification. They argued that the German bishops had stepped over the limits of their competence since these new guidelines would establish intercommunion which, so far, has been forbidden, except for emergency cases such as the danger of imminent death.
. . .
A possible reason as to why Pope Francis wishes this CDF letter to remain unpublished is that he is himself not happy with it. As alert observers know, it was Pope Francis himself who, during a visit at the Lutheran Church in Rome in November of 2015, opened up to the idea that a Protestant spouse could come to a decision of conscience with regard to receiving Holy Communion. He then told a Protestant spouse of a Catholic who wished to receive Holy Communion: “Speak with the Lord and go forward.” One well-informed clerical source therefore told Onepeterfive that this German move was coming “from the very top in Rome.”
. . .
What so far has not been amply discussed in this matter, however, is the problem that those Protestant spouses who might now soon be allowed to receive Holy Communion are not bound first to receive the Sacrament of Penance; this fact will thus further undermine the Church’s teaching on the necessity of being in the state of grace for the reception of Holy Communion. The sacramental order of the Catholic Church will thereby further erode.
. . .
(more tedious and tiresome cathylick drivel at the following link
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