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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

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hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
Wed Feb 29, 2012, 05:13 PM Feb 2012

What should we do if someone is denied communion? [View all]

In this case :

In that meeting, Johnson said Guarnizo never offered his condolences for her mother's passing. And when he asked Johnson's partner who she was, she replied, "I'm her partner."
Johnson said during the Mass, Guarnizo -- without having spoken again to her in private -- denied her Communion, saying, "I can't give you Communion because you live with a woman, and in the eyes of the church, that is a sin."
In shock and dismay, Johnson's friends and family did not take Communion.

http://ncronline.org/news/people/communion-denied-grieving-deprived-woman-spurned-funeral-mass

If one person is turned away,

should everyone else step away?

should everyone ignore the situation

should someone share communion with that person by breaking the Host?

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