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The Denver archbishop called on his brother bishops to be not afraid: 'Trading ‘civility’ and ‘engagement’ for eternal life is not a good trade, and it is especially negligent for me, as a bishop, to remain quiet when people I am called to love may be endangering their eternal souls.'
DENVER, Colorado, April 16, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver is the latest prelate to denounce giving Communion to pro-abortion politicians and other dissident Catholics who persist in grave sin.
In an opinion piece published Wednesday in far-left, pro-LGBT Jesuit-run America magazine, Aquila called on Catholics to embrace “Eucharistic coherence” and to “take sin seriously.”
He pointed to the First Letter to the Corinthians, in which St. Paul warns that anyone partaking of the Eucharist “in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.”
“These words about the church’s love for those who dare to approach the altar are words of care and mercy, given to us by the Holy Spirit, for protection and healing,” Aquila wrote.
“But they offer a sobering warning: We who profess the faith of the church must live as the church commands us because through his church Jesus Christ calls us to repentance, forgiveness and holiness. To approach the Eucharist otherwise is to condemn ourselves at the altar of the Lord,” the archbishop chastened.
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Abp. Aquila condemns giving Communion to pro-abortion politicians, calls on Catholics to ‘take sin seriously’
The Denver archbishop called on his brother bishops to be not afraid: 'Trading ‘civility’ and ‘engagement’ for eternal life is not a good trade, and it is especially negligent for me, as a bishop, to remain quiet when people I am called to love may be endangering their eternal souls.'
DENVER, Colorado, April 16, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver is the latest prelate to denounce giving Communion to pro-abortion politicians and other dissident Catholics who persist in grave sin.
In an opinion piece published Wednesday in far-left, pro-LGBT Jesuit-run America magazine, Aquila called on Catholics to embrace “Eucharistic coherence” and to “take sin seriously.”
He pointed to the First Letter to the Corinthians, in which St. Paul warns that anyone partaking of the Eucharist “in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.”
“These words about the church’s love for those who dare to approach the altar are words of care and mercy, given to us by the Holy Spirit, for protection and healing,” Aquila wrote.
“But they offer a sobering warning: We who profess the faith of the church must live as the church commands us because through his church Jesus Christ calls us to repentance, forgiveness and holiness. To approach the Eucharist otherwise is to condemn ourselves at the altar of the Lord,” the archbishop chastened.
Continued below.
Abp. Aquila condemns giving Communion to pro-abortion politicians, calls on Catholics to ‘take sin seriously’
