Communion
Individual bishops should decide about Communion in mixed marriages, Pope says
Pope Francis said Canon Law does not provide for nationwide policies, as the German bishops had wanted
Analysis: does the Vatican Communion letter signal a new direction?
The Pope has rejected the German bishops’ attempted reform. Where does that leave ecumenical dialogue?
German ecumenism chief attacks Vatican Communion ruling
The leader of the ecumenism committee said the Vatican’s rejection of the German proposal was ‘inexplicable’
Vatican rejects German proposal for Communion for Protestants
A leaked letter said the document ‘raises a series of problems of considerable importance’
Cardinal Woelki’s powerful speech on the Eucharist
The cardinal used Cologne’s Corpus Christi procession to give a robust defence of traditional teaching on Communion
Cardinal Arinze: we cannot share Communion with non-Catholics like beer or cake
Protestants who wish to receive Catholic Communion should become Catholic themselves, the Nigerian cardinal added
Cardinal Eijk: Pope’s response to German bishops ‘incomprehensible’
The Dutch cardinal said the Pope should have clearly rejected proposals to allow Protestants to receive Communion
German bishops and Vatican officials to discuss Communion on Thursday
They will discuss controversial plans to allow Protestants married to Catholics to receive Communion in certain circumstances
Bishop of Paisley complains to BBC Scotland over video mocking Communion
Bishop John Keenan said the video was ‘beyond the pale’
German bishops deny that Vatican has rejected Protestant Communion plan
They also said that the Pope has agreed to meet Cardinal Marx in Rome
