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Comments re Communion Questions being discussed at the Synod: The Instrumentum Laboris also reported a need for bishops to maintain closer watch over how Communion is distributed.
But many bishops attending the synod, which is officially dedicated to the Eucharist, have complained that the priest shortage has impaired their ability to minister Communion to their faithful.
Cardinal Johannes Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht and president of Holland’s bishops conference called the priest shortage “endemic,” adding that “we should let lay people distribute communion.”
Italian news agencies reported that Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Pena Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic said that “lay ministries provide support to the community of faithful and should not be abolished.” Priests briefing reporters also said that American Archbishop William Levada urged bishops late Monday to consider whether Catholic politicians who defy church teaching on issues like abortion should receive Communion.
Levada cited “divisions” among American Catholics over the issue.
nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/sb100405a.htm
But many bishops attending the synod, which is officially dedicated to the Eucharist, have complained that the priest shortage has impaired their ability to minister Communion to their faithful.
Cardinal Johannes Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht and president of Holland’s bishops conference called the priest shortage “endemic,” adding that “we should let lay people distribute communion.”
Italian news agencies reported that Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Pena Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic said that “lay ministries provide support to the community of faithful and should not be abolished.” Priests briefing reporters also said that American Archbishop William Levada urged bishops late Monday to consider whether Catholic politicians who defy church teaching on issues like abortion should receive Communion.
Levada cited “divisions” among American Catholics over the issue.
nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/sb100405a.htm