Pro-Marriage And Catholic? No Communion For You!

We all know that the Catholic Church doesn’t like The Gays; pedophiles they have no problem with, but The Gays are portrayed as the root cause of every single problem facing the world today, from global warming, food shortages, to the rise of the Kardashians.

So, really, it should come as no surprise that the archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron, says that Catholics who receive Communion while advocating for marriage equality would "logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury."

Wow. Perjury they don’t like but, again, pedophiles get reassigned and free legal aid when they get arrested with their hands in the altar boy’s pants.

Peters, l, and Vigneron, r.

And Edward Peters, a professor and legal adviser to the Vatican, and father of NOM bigot Thomas Peters, says that Catholic teachings make it clear that marriage is between one man and one woman. And so, "Catholics who promote 'same-sex marriage' act contrary to" Catholic law "and should not approach for holy Communion" and then added, "They also risk having holy Communion withheld from them ... being rebuked and/or being sanctioned."

For being able to separate Church from State; for being able to see that some people are being treated as less than, and, while being less than, are called the most horrific names, and blamed for the most horrific acts, by The Church.

Peters was appointed by the homophobic Pope Benny back in 2010 to advise the top judicial authority in the Catholic Church. Peters' blog, "In Light of the Law," is popular among Catholic experts, but not everyone agrees with his traditionalist views.

Thomas Reese, a Catholic priest and senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University called Peters' views are "a minority among American canon lawyers" though he did admit that "about 30 or so bishops have said that pro-choice or pro-gay-marriage Catholics should not present themselves for Communion."

Peters believes that liberal Catholic Democrats—like Representative Nancy Pelosi and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo—should be denied Communion because of their statements and positions. In fact, Peters said just last month that "Pelosi suffers from one of the most malformed consciences in the annals of American Catholic politics or ... she is simply hell-bent on using her Catholic identity to attack Catholic values at pretty much every opportunity."

Or, perhaps, Pelosi and Cuomo, and countless other Catholic followers, believe the Church needs to change and grow and adapt, or risk losing many of its members to other faiths that are more tolerant and progressive and, well, current and relevant.

But I guess they’ll just blame The Gays for that, too.

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Father Marcel Guarnizo Placed On Leave For ‘Intimidating Behavior’

Father Marcel Guarnizo

Last week i posted about Father Marcel Guarnizo, who refused Communion to a Lesbian at her mother's funeral, walked off the altar as the woman eulogized her mother, and then refused to accompany the service to the cemetery for the burial.
I think Father Marcel Guarnizo is a complete asshat, as I said--HERE--even after it was pointed out that the Lesbian in question, Barbara Johnson, was a Buddhist and shouldn't be receiving Communion. That didn't explain Father Marcel Guarnizo's other appalling behavior.
And now, the Not-So-Good padre has been been placed on administrative leave from ministry in the Washington archdiocese, though the specific details of his "leave" were not made available.
However, a letter from Bishop Barry Knestout, written to other archdiocesan priests, says the punishment was for “engaging in intimidating behavior toward parish staff and others that is incompatible with proper priestly ministry.”
i.e. He was an asshat.
The archdiocese confirmed Guarnizo's removal, and noted that Knestout's letter was read at all Masses this weekend at St. John Neumann, where the Reverend Thomas LaHood noted that the removal was not related to the Communion standoff, but "pertains to actions over the past week or two."  He did not elaborate.
LaHood, though, did speak about the disagreements that have unfolded in the parish because of the funeral Mass scene: "As we know there’s been disagreement within the parish over how and to whom Communion is distributed. From my perspective this disagreement and related emotions flow from love. Love for Christ, really and truly present in the Eucharist. However, how we live out this love is important. The Scriptures tell us that we are known above all by how we love. I realize this letter is hard to hear. Please keep mind that this is a first personnel issue, dealing with issues of ministry in the church. Father Guarnizo will have every opportunity to present his position."
An archdiocesan spokeswoman would not clarify if LaHood's comments meant that Guarnizo would not be penalized for his denying Communion to Barbara Johnson at the funeral.
Johnson has maintained that as she approached Guarnizo in the Communion line that day, he covered the bread and told her that he could not give her the sacrament “because you live with a woman, and in the eyes of the church, that is a sin.”
Guarnizo has refused to comment on what happened at the Mass.
The interaction between Johnson and Guarnizo has triggered intense debate among Catholics. Some say being in a same-sex relationship makes  Barbara Johnson  automatically ineligible for Communion, a moment that Catholicism teaches creates the actual presence of Jesus Christ and is not for people outside of a "state of grace." Others believe the process of determining a person’s “state of grace” is more complex and personal, between God and the Catholic.

Barbara Johnson

Adding to the confusion, shortly after the funeral Mass, the archdiocese apologized to Johnson, stating that Guarnizo’s refusal of Communion to her was against the policy of Archbishop Donald Wuerl, who has said it is not the right time or place for a spiritual standoff. 
Yet, in a public statement, the archdiocese implied that both sides were at fault: “We believe that to receive Communion, a person should be in the state of grace, which means that they are not conscious of having committed a sin serious enough that it ruptures their relationship with God....If a person is conscious of having committed a grave sin, he or she may not receive Communion until they have received absolution in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. A person who is conscious of grave sin but has no opportunity to go to Confession may receive Communion for a serious reason, but first that person must pray to Christ expressing their sorrow, also known as a perfect act of contrition....”
Whatever the case, Father Marcel Guarnizo's behavior was reprehensible. If Barbara Johnson, as a Lesbian, is not to be offered, or ask for, Communion, that's one thing; if she has no right to Communion because she's ALLEGEDLY a Buddhist, that's another thing. But for Father Marcel Guarnizo to leave the altar during the eulogy for one of his parishioners, or even just another Catholic, and for him to refuse to attend the burial service, is despicable.
All in the name of god, no doubt.


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It's Communion, Bitch

At first it looked like a Crazy Britney Convention, what with all the pink wigs and such, but it turned out to be something much more meaningful and powerful.

Hundreds of Dutch activists walked out of a Mass in protest at the Roman Catholic policy of denying communion to "practicing" homosexuals. The church, in 's-Hertogenbosch, had already decided not to serve communion, so the protesters, wearing pink wigs and clothing, left, shouting and singing.

The dispute began last month when a priest in a nearby town refused to give communion to an openly gay man. The refusal offended many in the local community. The Netherlands was the first country to introduce gay marriage in 2001, and most Dutch people support gay rights, but the Roman Catholic Church teaches that homosexual activity is sinful.

The man at the center of all the fuss has said he just wants equal treatment; and if he is denied communion because he is considered a sinner, then he wants the priest to refuse communion to all other sinners too.

Only fair. But then the Catholic Church is not known for fairness.