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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2014, 12:16 PM Aug 2014

Catholic Church must welcome ‘unconventional couples,’ says top Italian bishop [View all]

Josephine McKenna

ROME (RNS) The Catholic Church should make “unconventional couples” feel at home instead of making them targets of “de facto discrimination,” the leader of the Italian Bishops Conference and an ally of Pope Francis said this week.

“Couples in irregular matrimonial situations are also Christians, but they are sometimes looked upon with prejudice,” said Bishop Nunzio Galantino, an apparent reference to divorced and remarried Catholics.

“The burden of exclusion from the sacraments is an unjustified price to pay, in addition to de facto discrimination,” he said Wednesday (Aug. 27) in an address to a national conference on liturgy in the Italian hill town of Orvieto.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/28/catholic-church-must-welcome-unconventional-couples-says-top-italian-bishop/

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Catholic Church must welcome ‘unconventional couples,’ says top Italian bishop [View all] hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

Another refreshing step forward. Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #1

I hope things get better. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #3

I'm sure they do too Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #15

Yes it does sound familiar. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #16

There will be an interesting synod soon. rug Aug 2014 #2

I hope thdy let divorced Catholics go to communion. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #4

What I find interesting is that if they do admit to Communion Catholics who are having sex outside rug Aug 2014 #7

Yes that would be true. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #8

That in turn opens up the whole concept of sin and humanity and the purpose of the Eucharist. rug Aug 2014 #9

Yes and EWTN Catholic will be in an uproar if things get changed. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #10

The wagons will circle in Irondale, Alabama. rug Aug 2014 #11

Indeed! That Arroyo character will look peturbed. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #12

You don't want to get Raymond angry. rug Aug 2014 #13

Raymond creeps me out and reminds me of Santorum. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #14

Raymond has a perpetual smirk. No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #19

I know what you mean. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #20

The Francis-haters will become extremely agitated. okasha Aug 2014 #21

They would never dream of being so hostile to the last two popes. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #22

As I've said before Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #23

I agree. It's not something to be rationed and hoarded. rug Aug 2014 #24

It will be interesting and could be huge. Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #17

Really? Keep me posted. rug Aug 2014 #18

Well, it's not quite as positive as I would like, but it's a start, I guess. cbayer Aug 2014 #5

Yeah I hope the ball gets rolling on this one. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #6

kicking. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #25