The divorced and remarried cannot receive Communion, Colombian bishops affirm

[_Abyssinia]

Bogotá, Colombia, Aug 12, 2015 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Two Colombian bishops indicated on Thursday that while the divorced and remarried are not excommunicated, that still doesn’t mean they are able to receive Communion – in an attempt to clarify recent confusion.

At an Aug. 6 press conference, Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez of Bogota explained that while the divorced and remarried remain part of the Church and are not excommunicated, they are impeded from receiving Eucharistic Communion.

The archbishop indicated this after various media reports misinterpreted the statements made by Pope Francis at his Aug. 5 General Audience, in which he discussed the divorced and remarried.

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[marymary1975]

Most priests and bishops in Latin America are very strict when it comes to communion rules and they are big in letting people know when they can’t attend communion (and big in refusing it if they have enough knowledge) so I am not surprised at all. It is pretty much the reaction I would expect from them if they started noticing that people I’m these circumstances started pushing for communion or going to communion.

 

[Phemie]

It doesn’t help when in almost every article on this event the mainstream media failed to include the Pope’s reiteration of the rules about Communion and the fact that the Church cannot allow the divorced and remarried to receive Communion unless they repent and separate or live as brother and sister in continence.

 

[Colorad007]

The Archbishop of Guyaquil (sp?), Ecuador and the papal nuncio to Panama recently said the same sort of thing. It is interesting how some Latin American prelates are addressing this issue so vigorously all at the same time.

 

[marymary1975]

The Archbishop of Guyaquil (sp?), Ecuador and the papal nuncio to Panama recently said the same sort of thing. It is interesting how some Latin American prelates are addressing this issue so vigorously all at the same time.

As I said, that is because priests and bishops in Latin America have a very strong stance on not giving communion if the person is in mortal sin. If you go to mass in any of those countries you’d notice that most people do not go to communion. They have always been very vigorous on the issue so is not a surprise.