So do you find that to be an excuse for the Roman Catholic Church to now allow Holy Communion to non-repentant adulterers just because the Orthodox Church does?
The Pope and Kasper never singled out the Orthodox to be the sole beneficiaries of this new form of “pastoral care”. Did you you hear about the Pope’s recent recommendation to the adulteress in South America? He advised her to find a Catholic Church, where here sinful life was unknown, in order to receive Holy Communion.
P.S. Rome has acknowledged the phone call was made; and Rome has not denied (nor confirmed) the published details of that phone call.
ebb tide:
What about a situation where a Man abandons a young wife with 2 kids, this hypothetical woman is say 22 years old. She raises those kids the best she can and lets say 10 to 12 years later, she is remarried. So she is now 32 to 34 years old. Lets assume 30 years after the she remarried, she is still faithfully married to the 2nd man and recall that the 1st husband just abandoned her. Is it not possible for a woman in that situation, even though lets say her first marriage was in a Catholic parish, that she could be allowed to take communion. Is that woman really an adulterer? Now, the husband who abandoned the young wife and if he remarried, then No, he is not allowed. Now that is my view, but I am not a priest, theologian, Bishop or Pope. I will abide by whatever discipline regarding Holy Communion Rome provides to best of my ability and with God’s Grace.
As for the South American woman you refer to, I heard press accounts of what happened. And I am aware the Papal Media Priest spokesman confirmed there was a conversation. How accurate the press accounts are, I am not sure. I have never heard the entire story from Pope Francis or the woman and I don’t really know her situation. All we know was their was a call. Maybe he told her to regularize what is in irregular marriage, i.e she had been married and divorced civilly several times, which is catamount to living in sin, but she has in essence never entered into a Sacrament of Holy Matrimony. So maybe the Pope told her to go to Confession, get her marriage regularized with the Church and be a good role model for her children by going to Holy Mass again every Sunday, etc.