Banned from Attending Church

[cjbauere]

Does anyone know of a case where someone was banned from attending a Catholic Church for social/cultural reasons? For example:

In Kosovo, a Muslim family contracts (months in advance) to rent a furnished apartment to a Christian (woman) teacher for a year. When the (woman) teacher is ready to take procession she finds the apartment unfurnished, and thus must break the contact because she needs a place to stay immediately. Unbeknownst to the Muslim family, the sister of the apartment owner is also Christian. The two Christian women, the sister and the teacher, attend the same church. Due to the social/cultural impact of the broken contract, the Christian (woman) teacher is banned from attending church until such time that amends can be made to the Muslim family.

 

[kozlosap]

I can’t imagine that in this situation the Catholic Church would not allow her to attend Mass or partake of the Holy Eucurist. Cultural rules have nothing to do with being able to attend mass.

 

[LoyalViews]

In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, there was a form of ‘temporary excommunication’ known as vitandus, to be shunned, literally meaning to be “avoided”. This person had to be avoided by other Catholic until he repents. I don’t know wether a person under such an interdict was banned from attending Mass.

If someone supports something our Holy Church teaches against, such as “gay rights”, being pro-choice, womens ordination, etc… well then the Priest has a right to deny this person Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

 

[cjbauere]

This happened to my daughter, who is a non-Catholic Christian in a nondenominational church. I can’t imagine this happening in the Catholic Church either.

 

[FaustinaClare]

This happened to my daughter, who is a non-Catholic Christian in a nondenominational church. I can’t imagine this happening in the Catholic Church either.

Your daughter was the one in Kosovo prevented from going back to Church?

 

[cjbauere]

Yes

 

[RB2]

Does anyone know of a case where someone was banned from attending a Catholic Church for social/cultural reasons? For example:

In Kosovo, a Muslim family contracts (months in advance) to rent a furnished apartment to a Christian (woman) teacher for a year. When the (woman) teacher is ready to take procession she finds the apartment unfurnished, and thus must break the contact because she needs a place to stay immediately. Unbeknownst to the Muslim family, the sister of the apartment owner is also Christian. The two Christian women, the sister and the teacher, attend the same church. Due to the social/cultural impact of the broken contract, the Christian (woman) teacher is banned from attending church until such time that amends can be made to the Muslim family.

Ans: the Bishop has the right to make any and all determinations in this manner. A priest, all the priests, the pastor or even the community has not the right to make this decision.

It seems very likely to me that the Bishop hasn’t weighed on this issue or it would be a big part of the story.

 

[malphono]

This happened to my daughter, who is a non-Catholic Christian in a nondenominational church. I can’t imagine this happening in the Catholic Church either.

OK, so if I understand things correctly, this scenario concerns non-denominational Christians, which means it has nothing whatsoever to do with the Church.

Frankly, I don’t see that it really couldn’t have anything to do with the Church, anyway. Even if a bishop weighed-in with such a “ban” for the reason stated, he’d most likely be overruled by Rome, based on the basic principles of contract law. In the scenario presented, the contract was between two parties. Party A (the landowner) promised to provide a furnished apartment. Party B agreed to pay for that. By not providing a furnished flat, it was Party A who breached the contract. Party B had every right to walk away from the deal.