Unfortunately, the Catholic Church has been way too inconsistent, in my view (for the record, I’m Catholic). Whereas I don’t know for sure, I would guess that Ted Kennedy takes communion, as one example. Further, I think it is ridiculous that one can get an annulment after being married for many years, and then take communion again as one who has never officially broken their marriage commitment. That’s ridiculous. Either let all divorced people take communion, or deny annulments that occur more than several months after marriage. Further, I’ve seen this pushed even in circumstances in which there are multiple children from the marriage. What does this say to the children of that marriage? I know this is somewhat off topic, but I do see plenty of inconsistency.