"With respect to Holy Communion, it is up……" — Roger Mahony
"With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision."
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22 Quotes by Roger Mahony
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- Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.
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- We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The…
- By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world.
- It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America,…
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- Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the…
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- I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot…
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