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desdemona13
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Is it true that Non-Catholics may receive Eucharist if it would cause a scandal for them NOT to receive? (ie. If they are on a pilgrimage with Catholics and there is daily Mass?)
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genealogist
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No it is not true. A non-Catholic Christian MAY receive Communion(and penence and last rites) if he accepts our belief on the sacrament, is separated from his pastor, asks on his own and it is a grave situation. Eg. an Orthodox Christian is going to be executed by Muslim fanatics in Baghdad and a Catholic priest is there but no Orthodox priest is. Canon law allows the Catholic priest to minister to him. There may be less severe examples but it is no scandal that President Bush did not receive at the papal funeral. In fact quite the opposite it was a scandal years back when President Clinton communed at Mass in South Africa.
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Joseph_Bilodeau
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desdemona13 said:Is it true that Non-Catholics may receive Eucharist if it would cause a scandal for them NOT to receive? (ie. If they are on a pilgrimage with Catholics and there is daily Mass?)
Even if your question (Is it true that Non-Catholics may receive Eucharist if it would cause a scandal for them not to receive?) were true, I can’t think of any situation in which a person’s declining to receive the Eucharist might be cause for scandal. The example of the pilgrimage cited above certainly would not be scandalous should non-Catholics present decline to receive. Rather the opposite, especially if those declining did so out of respect for the Catholic beliefs about the Eucharist, even though they might not share those beliefs.
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stbruno
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usccb.org/liturgy/q%26a/mass/communion.shtml
This is the the link that clearly explains from the US Catholic Council of Bishops about the reception of Holy Communion particularly how non-Catholics should be considered in regards to reception.
Please read it in its entirety. It is very clear, precise and easy to understand.
This is the the link that clearly explains from the US Catholic Council of Bishops about the reception of Holy Communion particularly how non-Catholics should be considered in regards to reception.
Please read it in its entirety. It is very clear, precise and easy to understand.
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malcolm_davies
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when pope john paul 2 was here there was a diocesan mass with 250,000 people and I know that 50,000 protestants were there and went to communion - their view was that there is some unity by belief in jesus but they are not in communion with rome or believe in the real presence as we do.
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