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Monday, June 26th, 2017

Illinois Bishop Decrees No Communion, Funeral Rites For Same-Sex Spouses

Author:     LAUREL WAMSLEY
Source:     npr
Publication Date:     June 23, 20177:36 PM ET
 Link: Illinois Bishop Decrees No Communion, Funeral Rites For Same-Sex Spouses
Stephan:   In spite of the best efforts of Pope Francis one of the enduring  hallmarks or Roman Catholicism, something it shares with Protestant fundamentalism, remains a profound sexual dysfunctionality. One of the manifestations of this can be seen in the ongoing child molestation crisis which has plagued the Roman Church for decades and which, I suspect, has been a feature of its clergy for two millennia -- just unreported and ignored. But it is worse than that; it reaches a level of personal  nastiness that really is breathtaking. Here's one example of what I mean. It is in such  blatant conflict with Jesus' teaching, that I can only think of it as evil.

Roman Catholic Bishop Paprocki

A Catholic bishop has instructed priests in his central Illinois diocese to deny communion, last rites and funeral rites to people in same-sex marriages – unless they repent. (emphasis added)

In the decree he sent to priests, deacons, seminarians and staff in his Springfield diocese last week, Bishop Thomas Paprocki sets forth a set of norms on same-sex marriage and related pastoral issues that he says are the policy of the diocese.

Paprocki’s decree bans priests and parish staff from performing same-sex marriages or allowing same-sex weddings or receptions at any Catholic facilities. People in same-sex marriages “should not present themselves for Holy Communion, nor should they be admitted to Holy Communion.” A person in a same-sex marriage who is facing death may only receive communion after expressing “repentance for his or her sins.

Finally, Paprocki writes that “unless they have given some signs of repentance before their death,” people in same-sex marriages may not receive a […]

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