Pope Upholds Celibacy for Priests and Ban for Communion for Divorced Catholics Who Remarry

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Pope Upholds Celibacy for Priests and Ban for Communion for Divorced

Catholics Who Remarry

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday reiterated the Church's ban on

Communion for divorced Catholics who remarry and left it up to bishops

whether Catholic politicians should receive Communion if they support

abortion rights or gay marriage.

In a 131-page document, the pope also upheld the Vatican's requirement for

celibacy for priests in the Latin rite Church. "Priestly celibacy lived with

maturity, joy and dedication is an immense blessing for the Church and for

society itself," the pope wrote.

The document embraced recommendations made by bishops from around the world

at a 2005 meeting at the Vatican that rejected any change in the celibacy

requirement. Benedict acknowledged the shortage of clergy in some parts of

the world, but said bishops should "on no account" lower admission standards

to seminaries to compensate.

"Certainly, a more equitable distribution of clergy would help to solve the

problem," Benedict wrote, without being specific.

Benedict also acknowledged "the painful situations" of divorced Catholics

who can no longer receive Communion after they remarry. The Catholic Church

does not permit divorce and views such faithful as living in sin if they

remarry and consummate their new marriages.

If efforts to annul the first marriages fail, and the couple continues to

live together in their new marriage, "the Church encourages these members of

the faithful to commit themselves to living their relationship ... as

friends, as brother and sister," Benedict said. He was reiterating a stance

held by his predecessor, John Paul II, that divorced Catholics who remarry

cannot have sex with their new partners if they want to receive the

Eucharist.

The question of whether Catholic politicians who support stands that

conflict with Church teaching should be denied Communion gained attention

during the 2004 U.S. presidential election campaign, when St. Louis

Archbishop Raymond Burke said he would deny the Eucharist to Democratic

presidential nominee John Kerry, a Catholic who was supporting abortion

rights.

Benedict indicated that local bishops must deal with these cases.

"Catholic politicians and legislators, conscious of their grave

responsibility before society, must feel particularly bound, on the basis of

a properly formed conscience, to introduce and support laws inspired by

values grounded in human nature," Benedict wrote.

Politicians are called upon to decide about fundamental values, including

respect for life "from conception to natural death, the family built upon

marriage between a man and a woman, the freedom to educate one's children

and the promotion of the common good in all its values," Benedict wrote.

"There is an objective connection here with the Eucharist. Bishops are bound

to reaffirm constantly these values as part of their responsibility to the

flock entrusted to them," the pope said.

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:17:25 GMT, "Patriot Games"

<Crazy_Bastard@Yahoo.com> wrote:

>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258442,00.html

>

>Pope Upholds Celibacy for Priests and Ban for Communion for Divorced

>Catholics Who Remarry

>Tuesday, March 13, 200

There is no Biblical basis for the Vatican's insistence on

celibacy. There is a historical basis, however.

In the middle ages, the catholic priests would go around

getting the local girls pregnant, and they were getting in trouble.

There is NOTHING in the Bible that says ministers should not marry.

Why then is it not surprising that the catholic hierarchy insists it

be so? Easy. They're not Christians. They have doctrines, not beliefs,

etc, etc, etc. Remember that the catholic church is just the state

religion of old Rome renamed. That's all it is, and all it's ever

been.

>

>VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday reiterated the Church's ban on

>Communion for divorced Catholics who remarry and left it up to bishops

>whether Catholic politicians should receive Communion if they support

>abortion rights or gay marriage.

>

>In a 131-page document, the pope also upheld the Vatican's requirement for

>celibacy for priests in the Latin rite Church. "Priestly celibacy lived with

>maturity, joy and dedication is an immense blessing for the Church and for

>society itself," the pope wrote.

>

>The document embraced recommendations made by bishops from around the world

>at a 2005 meeting at the Vatican that rejected any change in the celibacy

>requirement. Benedict acknowledged the shortage of clergy in some parts of

>the world, but said bishops should "on no account" lower admission standards

>to seminaries to compensate.

>

>"Certainly, a more equitable distribution of clergy would help to solve the

>problem," Benedict wrote, without being specific.

>

>Benedict also acknowledged "the painful situations" of divorced Catholics

>who can no longer receive Communion after they remarry. The Catholic Church

>does not permit divorce and views such faithful as living in sin if they

>remarry and consummate their new marriages.

>

>If efforts to annul the first marriages fail, and the couple continues to

>live together in their new marriage, "the Church encourages these members of

>the faithful to commit themselves to living their relationship ... as

>friends, as brother and sister," Benedict said. He was reiterating a stance

>held by his predecessor, John Paul II, that divorced Catholics who remarry

>cannot have sex with their new partners if they want to receive the

>Eucharist.

>

>The question of whether Catholic politicians who support stands that

>conflict with Church teaching should be denied Communion gained attention

>during the 2004 U.S. presidential election campaign, when St. Louis

>Archbishop Raymond Burke said he would deny the Eucharist to Democratic

>presidential nominee John Kerry, a Catholic who was supporting abortion

>rights.

>

>Benedict indicated that local bishops must deal with these cases.

>

>"Catholic politicians and legislators, conscious of their grave

>responsibility before society, must feel particularly bound, on the basis of

>a properly formed conscience, to introduce and support laws inspired by

>values grounded in human nature," Benedict wrote.

>

>Politicians are called upon to decide about fundamental values, including

>respect for life "from conception to natural death, the family built upon

>marriage between a man and a woman, the freedom to educate one's children

>and the promotion of the common good in all its values," Benedict wrote.

>

>"There is an objective connection here with the Eucharist. Bishops are bound

>to reaffirm constantly these values as part of their responsibility to the

>flock entrusted to them," the pope said.

>

>

"Scotius" <wolvzbro@mnsi.net> wrote in message

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> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:17:25 GMT, "Patriot Games"

> <Crazy_Bastard@Yahoo.com> wrote:

>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258442,00.html

>>Pope Upholds Celibacy for Priests and Ban for Communion for Divorced

>>Catholics Who Remarry

>>Tuesday, March 13, 200

> There is no Biblical basis for the Vatican's insistence on

> celibacy. There is a historical basis, however.

> In the middle ages, the catholic priests would go around

> getting the local girls pregnant, and they were getting in trouble.

> There is NOTHING in the Bible that says ministers should not marry.

I know....

> Why then is it not surprising that the catholic hierarchy insists it

> be so? Easy. They're not Christians. They have doctrines, not beliefs,

> etc, etc, etc. Remember that the catholic church is just the state

> religion of old Rome renamed. That's all it is, and all it's ever

> been.

And since not getting married is real easy for a fag and/or a pedophile

don't they wonder why they became the #1 career of fags and

pedophiles???????