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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

tjwmason

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2. The congregation shouldn't get involved at the time

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 05:50 AM

Mar 2012

In the context of a Mass being celebrated it's not easy to tell cases such as non-Catholics who wander up not realising what's going on.

If a member of the faithful sees an event which does raise their concerns, then they should contact the Priest being ready to escalate to the Diocese if needed.

The decision to administer Communion has to be the Priest's, and he has to be responsible to the Bishop for any decisions which he takes.

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What should we do if someone is denied communion? [View all] hedgehog Feb 2012 OP

What a great question! rug Mar 2012 #1

The congregation shouldn't get involved at the time tjwmason Mar 2012 #2

It pained me to read some of the comments in the NCR article 47of74 Mar 2012 #3

That all depends on why someone's being denied Communion meow2u3 Mar 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #5

It's regrettable kanrok Mar 2012 #6

In point of fact, it appears that it was the other way around- hedgehog Mar 2012 #7

One would have to ask the obvious question then kanrok Mar 2012 #8

It was a friend of Ms Johnson who blogged about the incident. hedgehog Mar 2012 #9

Sounds like you are taking one side of the story as "gospel" kanrok Mar 2012 #10

Having run into my share of priests, both good and bad, hedgehog Mar 2012 #11

Do you happen to be Catholic? kanrok Mar 2012 #12

I propose a sub-version of Godwin's Law: "As an on-line discussion involving the Catholic hedgehog Mar 2012 #13

Well, you can propose what you wish kanrok Mar 2012 #14