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The Eucharist’s ‘sign of unity’ is that all receiving Communion are united in the whole faith.
May 10, 2021 (Lepanto Institute) — Last week, Bishop Robert McElroy, the bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, wrote a piece for America Magazine decrying the public calls for pro-abortion politicians to be denied Holy Communion, as per Canon 915. Canon 915 specifically states that “[t]hose who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.” In short, it is the obligation of bishops and priests to deny Holy Communion from notorious sinners.
But in Bishop McElroy’s opinion, such an act is a “political weapon” to be used against Democrat politicians that “must not happen.” Citing the Catechism, which calls the Eucharist “a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet,” he wrote:
A national policy of excluding pro-choice political leaders from the Eucharist will constitute an assault on that unity, on that charity.
Continued below.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinio...-giving-communion-to-pro-abortion-politicians
May 10, 2021 (Lepanto Institute) — Last week, Bishop Robert McElroy, the bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, wrote a piece for America Magazine decrying the public calls for pro-abortion politicians to be denied Holy Communion, as per Canon 915. Canon 915 specifically states that “[t]hose who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.” In short, it is the obligation of bishops and priests to deny Holy Communion from notorious sinners.
But in Bishop McElroy’s opinion, such an act is a “political weapon” to be used against Democrat politicians that “must not happen.” Citing the Catechism, which calls the Eucharist “a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet,” he wrote:
A national policy of excluding pro-choice political leaders from the Eucharist will constitute an assault on that unity, on that charity.
Continued below.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinio...-giving-communion-to-pro-abortion-politicians
