tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post2199539123769951261..comments2024-03-28T09:49:29.979+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: Eccles explains canon lawEccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-38277223601940683322021-06-11T18:34:20.940+01:002021-06-11T18:34:20.940+01:00He should also have been confirmed into the Cathol...He should also have been confirmed into the Catholic Church before marriage. That is the normal expectation - especially since he was confirmed as an Anglican. Besides the sacramental grace, it would make it clear that he was now a Catholic.<br />Mr Johnson needed not annulments but a Declaration of Freedom to Marry from the Chancellor, since both his previous marriages lacked canonical form. <br />Banns evidently were not called, when there was a good case for calling them, in case another love child surfaced!<br />Westminster diocese has left the millions of Catholics in the UK in the dark. We do not know whether the most high-ranking "Catholic" politician in the country is a confirmed and reconciled Catholic in Eucharistic communion with us, or not. <br />There was also the danger of sacrilege being committed if a Catholic entered Holy Matrimony without repentance, in a state of grave sin. <br />F Marsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348628602646025343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-40955734982434792992021-06-05T17:59:22.934+01:002021-06-05T17:59:22.934+01:00I is not a kultur worrier. Only u is a kultur worr...I is not a kultur worrier. Only u is a kultur worrier.JabbaPapahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083219719210167786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-89173478499666851492021-06-05T07:07:53.971+01:002021-06-05T07:07:53.971+01:00Brilliant.Brilliant.Paul Hellyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155821750459419187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-89004792738500853942021-06-02T22:29:44.138+01:002021-06-02T22:29:44.138+01:00Wish I'd known all this 47 years ago... is it ...Wish I'd known all this 47 years ago... is it too late to cram in a few divorces? I quite fancy getting re-married in a cathedral... Chestertoniannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622270949984588126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-11904309448212513782021-06-02T18:00:32.920+01:002021-06-02T18:00:32.920+01:00We watch aghast as Steve Skojec cracks up complete...We watch aghast as Steve Skojec cracks up completely. So sad, but there's no mystery here. If we read Francis through Benedict, all is a bit clearer. Read Benedict through Francis and you can't go wrong. Read Henry VIII and you get culture wars. Was it ever thus?FrereRabithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164077376680047600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-13372873156160547332021-06-02T15:05:56.165+01:002021-06-02T15:05:56.165+01:00The premise: "If memory serves, a Catholic mu...The premise: "If memory serves, a Catholic must be in a “state of grace” prior to receiving a holy sacrament. Pity the poor priest who had to hear Boris Johnson’s confession."<br /><br />My Question: "What would be worse, that BJ faked an insincere confession, or that the Church authorities waived (or ignored) the requirement in his case?"<br /> <br />One response: "I suppose the former for his soul but the latter for the Church. The more one thinks about this the more absurd it becomes. The Church cannot have it both ways. Either Boris is a Catholic (in which case he should have had to repent of his apostasy and return to the Church before being allowed to marry) or he is not (which seems to me the better view) in which case he should not have been granted 2 annulments."William Tighehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043433059401608468noreply@blogger.com