Italian prelate: no ‘automatic’ decision on Communion for divorced/remarried
January 15, 2018
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CWN Editor's Note: An Italian archbishop who signed a plea for clarification of Amoris Laetitia has said that he would not rule out allowing divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion in some circumstances. Archbishop Luigi Negri, the retired head of the Ferrara archdiocese, said that every case must be evaluated individually, rather than making judgments “automatically.” He said: “I am against confusion, which is why I would like a papal clarification.”
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