Can my kids receive both Catholic and Protestant Communion?

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I’m married to a former Catholic who is now a Reformed Presbyterian. Although he finally agreed to allow our children to receive the Eucharist, he also demands that they take the bread and wine at his church. Is this possible?
 
No. Catholics may not receive Protestant communion. Period. You might also point out to your husband that it is disrespectful of your children’s consciences to “demand” that they receive communion in his church, and would be inappropriate even if you were both Protestant and were not involved in a mixed marriage. Parents can legitimately require many things of their children, and are responsible for their religious education; but they cannot “demand” that their children receive sacraments (or “ordinances”) when the children are unwilling to do so or are legitimately inhibited from doing so for some just reason (such as in your case, where your children will be receiving Catholic Communion).
 
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