Pope Says Local Bishop Should Make the Call on Intercommunion

Crux ^ | 6/21/18 | Christopher White

[marshmallow]

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - After a day of touting ways in which Christians might share in greater unity, that commitment to coming together didn’t prevent Pope Francis from backing the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog in its decision to insist on caution regarding proposals for intercommunion with Protestants.

On a return flight to Rome on Thursday from a day-long ecumenical pilgrimage to Geneva, Francis said he supported the Vatican’s Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal-elect Luis Ladaria, in requiring a rethink of a draft proposal from the German bishops that would allow for non-Catholics to receive communion under certain conditions.

Among other items discussed during the 30-minute in-flight press conference was the global migrant and refugee situation - where, once again, Francis reiterated his support for the U.S. Catholic bishops in opposing the Trump administration’s hard line - as well as the challenges of nuclear weapons.

Last month, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) rejected the German proposal, which was approved by roughly three-quarters of the bishops during a meeting earlier in the spring. In a letter published this month, Ladaria said the proposal was “not mature enough to be published.”

Francis said that Ladaria did not act unilaterally, but with the pope’s permission, and that under the Code of Canon Law it is up to the local bishop to decide under what conditions communion can be administered to non-Catholics, not local bishops’ conferences.

“The code says that the bishop of the particular church, and that’s an important word, ‘particular,’ meaning of a diocese, is responsible for this… it’s in his hands.”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

How did Christ's simple command to "do this in rememberence of me" turn into such a circus?
 

[Vendome]

I’ve always thought that was stupid.

Either we are all Christians and part of the same tree or we are doctrinal competitors at a distant from each other

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#3: "we are all Christians and part of the same tree or we are doctrinal competitors at a distant from each other"

Amen to that. Jesus Christ did not come here to preach doctrine. We have many Gospel examples of what He thought of the Pharisees.

Probably most of the people Jesus preached to were semi-literate at best. They were not theologians. The Good News which Jesus brought to the world was for everyone. And it is a simple message of salvation.
 

[NKP_Vet]

Once again Bergoglio puts his foot in his mouth. Catholic doctrine says you have to believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, with the same understanding of a Catholic to receive communion in a Catholic Church. This eliminates all Protestants. The only faith with identical beliefs of Catholics concerning the Eucharist is the Orthodox Church. Not a day goes by that Bergoglio does’t show his ignorance of the Catholic faith. It’s embarassing.

https://gloria.tv/article/njqqBQRNn8ML423umvSc1VVhc

[BipolarBob]

And it is a simple message of salvation.

Simple? try learning Latin at my age and tell me it's simple. Do you eat one full meal on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday? No meat during Lent. Have you memorized the marriage laws of the Catholic Church? When's the last time you went to confession? There's rules on top of rules. Say three Hail Marys and think about it. it ain't simple.