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BREAKING, German Bishops Published Pastoral guidance on Protestants receiving Communion

Press Release The Permanent Council of the German Bishops’ Conference addressed the discussion regarding the pastoral guidance entitled “Walking with Christ – seeking unity. Inter-denominational …More
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The Permanent Council of the German Bishops’ Conference addressed the discussion regarding the pastoral guidance entitled “Walking with Christ – seeking unity. Inter-denominational marriages and joint participation in the Eucharist”, adopted at the spring plenary assembly (19–22 February 2018). Inter-denominational married couples and families are very close to our heart.
We would like to emphasise that Eucharistic communion and church fellowship belong together. We are concerned to provide spiritual assistance for those addressing questions of conscience in individual cases who receive pastoral care for inter-denominational married couples who have a serious spiritual need to receive the Eucharist. They have a very close mutual bond resulting from baptism, faith and the Sacrament of marriage, and they share their entire lives. We as bishops are concerned here with the question of the Protestant spouse in an inter-denominational marriage receiving communion.
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"If the faith is in imminent peril, prelates ought to be accused by their subjects, even in public."

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