Cardinal Koch explains "Eucharistic hospitality" in Catholic-Lutheran marriages [CC]

[Catholic_Press]

The president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity explained the policy of the Catholic Church regarding sharing Communion with Protestants, at a press conference during the visit by Pope Francis to Sweden.

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[dmar198]

The president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity explained the policy of the Catholic Church regarding sharing Communion with Protestants, at a press conference during the visit by Pope Francis to Sweden.

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I am unfamiliar with the custom of Lutherans receiving the Eucharist with their Catholic spouse at their wedding. There are some elements in the article that suggest this goes back a while. Does anyone have more details?

 

[Don_Ruggero]

I am unfamiliar with the custom of Lutherans receiving the Eucharist with their Catholic spouse at their wedding. There are some elements in the article that suggest this goes back a while. Does anyone have more details?

In essence, it is an extension in the application of canon 844 §4, using the prerogative available to “the judgment of the diocesan bishop or conference of bishops.”

 

[twf]

This would naturally presume a mutual belief in the Eucharistic Real Presence. This is likely to be the case with a Lutheran or Anglican spouse, but certainly not with the more low church evangelicals. My own Evangelical wife has made it clear she has no desire to receive communion in a Catholic setting.

 

[irenaeus1]

This would naturally presume a mutual belief in the Eucharistic Real Presence. This is likely to be the case with a Lutheran or Anglican spouse, but certainly not with the more low church evangelicals. My own Evangelical wife has made it clear she has no desire to receive communion in a Catholic setting.

Of course, canon 844.4 states if the danger of death is present or if “some other grave necessity urges it…” So, one would have to wonder whether an individual not in full communion with the Catholic Church attending Mass with their Catholic spouse is deemed to be in a situation of grave necessity. Especially considering that the canon provides other conditions to be met as well; namely, where the non-Catholic individual “cannot approach a minister of their own community and who seek such on their own accord”. And as you rightly stated, the non-Catholic individual would have to “manifest Catholic faith in respect to these sacraments and are properly disposed.”