Maltas bishops tell the remarried: take Communion if you feel at peace with God
The bishops say that avoiding sex may be 'humanly impossible'
by Dan Hitchens
posted Friday, 13 Jan 2017
Malta’s bishops have said that remarried people should receive Communion if they think they are at peace with God.
In a new document, Criteria for the Application of Chapter VIII of Amoris Laetitia, the bishops say that if “a separated or divorced person who is living in a new relationship manages, with an informed and enlightened conscience, to acknowledge and believe that he or she are (sic) at peace with God, he or she cannot be precluded from participating in the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist”.
St John Paul II and Benedict XVI reaffirmed the Church’s perennial teaching that divorced and remarried Catholics cannot receive Communion, except possibly when they endeavour to live “as brother and sister”.
However, the Maltese bishops say that avoiding sex with a new partner may be “impossible”.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/01/13/maltas-bishops-tell-the-remarried-take-communion-if-you-feel-at-peace-with-god/
http://ms.maltadiocese.org/WEBSITE/2017/PRESS%20RELEASES/Norms%20for%20the%20Application%20of%20Chapter%20VIII%20of%20AL.pdf
What does this say about the doctrine that gay people must remain celibate?