Sacrilege against the Sacrament.
Pastoral malpractice of the worst kind, leading a Catholic into (further, multiple) deadly sins.
Grave scandal to the faithful.
It's like open complicity with Nazis. How much blood can they ignore?
So are we to understand that Confession has been absorbed by Communion now?
Who are we to judge?
Want the Church to listen? Withhold money, nothing makes more noise than an empty collection basket.
All that is missing from his insipid statement is “Who am I to judge?”
He is just one more corrupt and immoral member of the hierarchy.
re: So, when you say we cannot politicize the communion rail, you would give communion to politicians, for instance, who support abortion rights.
It seems to me that these politicians have already politicized the communion rail. They do not really believe but are only using the Church as a prop to advance their position, status, and power. They are not people of genuine faith or they would abide by the teachings of the Bible and the church. So to give Communion under the guise of not politicizing it is to allow the Church to serve as a tool of corrupt politicians who call evil good and good evil.
O’DONNELL: So, when you say we cannot politicize the communion rail, you would give communion to politicians, for instance, who support abortion rights.
CUPICH: I would not use the Eucharist or as they call it the communion rail as the place to have those discussions or way in which people would be either excluded from the life of the church. The Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It’s also a time of forgiveness of sins. So my hope would be that that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth
There is no such thing as a communion rail in Catholic churches today. The very question shows the reporter had not been inside a Catholic church in decades, if ever.
Abortion is more than just a political issue. It is the deliberate killing of an innocent, unborn child. To accept that the killing of a child is a political issue, not a moral one, shows at best a complete lack of spiritual and moral values and at worst an active promotion of evil.
Yes! Better to have the discussions in those abattoirs called abortion clinics where everyone except the baby can be heard.
The Catholic Church wonders why so many have left the pews. Hello!
What’s the point? The way things are going, the Catholic Church doesn’t look much different than any other left-leaning denomination. We are wandering, just as in days of old.
As we said at Mass this weekend, “Come, Lord, Jesus!”
In other words, those who persist in mortal sin and public scandal through their continued political support of abortion should still receive the Eucharist.
PFL
There’s a surprise, eh? Couldn’t see that coming. Nope.
I’m praying for the Church. Praying that she will be rescued from this pope.
Social Clubs like the Elks, Eagles, Odd Fellows etc have survived with diminished attraction. Perhaps the Catholic Church can make the transition? Bingo, Fish Fries, lots of things to hold it together while it drops the cumbersome moral stuff.
What is to be done when the entire faculty of a university math department is discovered not to know their times tables?
This is a full-on, naked-in-the-street endorsement of MORTAL SIN by a Catholic archbishop. It is a mortal sin to give Communion to certain people: those who are described in Canon 915 as “obstinately persisting in manifest grave sin.”
Cupich either does not believe that obstinate promotion of abortion is sinful, or he does not believe in the Eucharist. Or both.
Since when do we receive grace from the Eucharist while in mortal sin? I am so sick of the pseudo Catholics in the hierarchy.
He also shows a total ignorance (like his boss) of the sacrament of the Eucharist. He said he will not deny communion to pro-abort politicians in direct violation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. And if you listen real close to his ridiculous justification for this sin against God he says Holy Communion is a time for forgiveness of sins! What blasphamy! You are not to be in a state of sin when you receive the precious blood and body of our Lord Jesus Christ. How in the world did this character ever become a Catholic priest being so ignorant of the faith.
Thank God this heretic is no longer in Spokane. I knew he was a big time liberal when he was in Spokane and knew he would not stand up for pro-life causes, but he never gave a sit-down interview where he showed his total ignorance of the Catholic Faith. Just call him Francis Jr. What a disgrace to the Catholic Church.