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2 posted on 10/18/2005 9:57:30 AM PDT by NYer (“Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion")
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Some good signs:

Proposition 40 said Catholics who have divorced and civilly remarried without an annulment "cannot be admitted to holy Communion" because they are in clear contrast with church teaching on marriage.

But it added: "In this context, the synod fathers affirmed the importance of the inestimable gift of ecclesiastical celibacy in the practice of the Latin Church." Catholic faithful, it said, need to better know the reasons behind the relationship between celibacy and ordination.

Proposition 35, however, said reception of Communion should never be seen as automatic. Non-Catholics attending Mass should be told "delicately but clearly" that their nonparticipation in Communion does not signify a lack of respect for them; Catholics should be reminded of the need to be in a state of grace before receiving Communion.

Proposition 6 urged promotion of eucharistic adoration, which it called "a sign of the times," and encouraged pastors to keep local churches open to favor the practice.

Various other propositions called for the continued use of Latin in liturgies with international participants; asked for study of the practice of concelebrating huge Masses; highlighted the importance of genuflecting at important moments of the eucharistic prayer during Mass; said the church tabernacle should be placed in a place that is "noble, esteemed, well visible" and adapted to prayer.

The only thing that I raised a bit of an eyebrow at was the part that said "It said liturgical abuses had occurred in the past, but said they had diminished substantially in recent times." I don't know if that is proveable, or even true.

3 posted on 10/18/2005 10:11:25 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Blessed Pius IX, pray for us!)
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