Did Pope Francis really tell a divorced woman to take Communion?

[hrmjustin]

David Gibson

(RNS) Did Pope Francis tell a divorced and remarried woman that it was okay to take Communion even though her parish priest denied her the host?

That’s the latest kerfuffle apparently created by the “cold-call” pope who on Monday, the day after Easter, reportedly called an Argentine woman who had written to him about whether she should receive communion at Mass even though she was divorced and remarried.

“There are priests who are more papist than the pope,” the pope himself allegedly told Jacquelina Lisbona.

Great line, great story — but is any of it true? The details have been shifting.

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1. I hope they find out the facts behind this. This would be a big deal.

[hrmjustin]

2. I agree. a lot of people could go to communion then.

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3. It's the same rationale for barring from Communion gays who are in a commited relationship.

Lisbona said she had tried going back to Mass last year but her parish priest told her she could not receive Communion, also that she could not go to confession since she would simply be going back to a sinful situation.

The entire notion of what is and is not a sin would be revised.

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4. Agreed! I hope that the curia doesn't put up road blocks.

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5. The issue can't be evaded much longer.

[hrmjustin]

6. No especially if they want to bring people back.

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7. I'm less concerned about its numbers than I am its message.

The crack in the old theology came with the 1930 Lambeth Conference which was the first time a mainstream established Christian Church approved contraception. It began a re-examination of sexuality and theology that I think will come to a head in every major denomination before its centenary.