I believe that the priest who gave first communion to clinton committed a grave sin which was shown all over the world. Is the vatican going to take any action against this priest.

-- ray harsy (rayharsy@aol.com), April 03, 1998

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Response to clinton taking of communion

Ray, What is this all about? When did Clinton recieve communion? I have no idea what religion Mr. Clinton is but as for grave sin, I doubt the priest committed it. Care to enlighten us with a few more details?

-- Connie Ostlund (sorka@teleport.com), April 05, 1998.

Response to clinton taking of communion

First of all, to Connie Ostland, this incident happened just a couple of days ago in Soweto, South Africa. It was on many of the News stations across the U.S. It is also quite well known that Clinton is NOT a Roman Catholic, so he is not in full agreement with what the Church teaches about Eucharist. Because of this fact alone, he should not have been allowed to receive Eucharist. If you have a copy of the new "Catechism of the Catholic Church" you need to read #1400 and #1401 located on page 353 of the hard cover addition. This should help to instruct you on the Church's teachings regarding why we do not allow intercommunion with other denominations of Christians. Also, I"m sure your local parish has a booklet or missal which will have a section giving the criteria for those who may and may not recieve Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church. To Ray Harsy, I agree with you completely that the Church should take a strong and public stand against this Priest who decided to allow Clinton and his wife to partake of our Lord's Body and Blood. So many of our Priest's feel they have the right to make these kinds of decisions on their own in defience of Church doctrine because they think this will bring unity between the non-Catholic communities and the Church. But, all they achieve is division within our own Church. These Priests just give more fuel to the fires of the people who speak and write against the Church. Despite what many Catholics believe, the Church is not a democracy. We may voice our feelings, but in the end we are called to obedience even if we don't agree. This is not easy for us, but then it wasn't easy for Jesus to be nailed to a cross and die for each of us. The least we can give is obedience to our God and Church.

-- P.Herrmann (farm@kih.net), April 06, 1998.