Catholic civil war over Communion for the divorced escalates
The battle between Pope Francis and conservative Catholics over Communion for the divorced and remarried has escalated after five bishops reaffirmed traditional Church teaching on the issue and the Pope was reported to have said they will 'regret it bitterly'.
The controversial statement was originally issued by three Kazakhstan bishops on December 31 which, as they noted, was the Feast of the Holy Family. They were Tomash Peta, Archbishop of Saint Mary in Astana, Jan Pawel Lenga, Archbishop-Bishop of Karaganda, and Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Mary in Astana....
Dr. Alan Cairns | 8/3/2009
