What should we do if someone is denied communion?

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9. It was a friend of Ms Johnson who blogged about the incident.

The story went viral, and Ms. Johnson was contacted by various media sources and gave her side of the story. She and her family have nothing to be embarrassed about.

Political opportunism? On one side we have a woman who previous to this lived quietly with her partner. She lost her mother to a sudden illness, and attended her mother's funeral expecting what any faithful Catholic would expect at such a time. She reacted so quietly to this insult that most people present were unaware of it at the time.

On the other hand, we have a young man with a history of spectacular showmanship; first priest ordained in modern times in Moscow, speaker at numerous conferences on Eastern Europe, star of the local Pro-life circuit, etc.Reading between the lines, it appears that he was asked to leave Russia because he was aggravating relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches. Is it only coincidence that he denied the Eucharist to this woman just as Maryland legalized same sex marriage?


But let us say that this is political opportunism by Ms. Johnson. She then is guilty of using this horrendous incident to expose to other Catholics exactly happens when the current official teachings on same sex relations are enforced. Real people are humiliated and hurt daily not because they are sinners but because the hierarchy insists they are sinners! It's time for this to stop!