Christopher Lamb: Pope Leo, in his first public remarks on gun control since his election, calls for end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minneapolis school shooting.
CNN: Pope Leo calls for end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minneapolis school shooting.
Pope Leo XIII’s 1896 , Apostolicae Curae: Anglican orders are “absolutely null and utterly void”
The “concelebration” of Mass by a female Anglican “priest” raises several canonical issues.
Canon law forbids the reception of the Holy Eucharist, which Catholics know is the true Body and Blood of Christ, by non-Catholics.
Canon 702 states: “Catholic priests are forbidden to concelebrate the Divine Liturgy with non-Catholic priests or ministers.”
Canon 907 states: “In the eucharistic celebration deacons and lay persons are not permitted to offer prayers, especially the eucharistic prayer, or to perform actions which are proper to the celebrating priest” and Canon 908 makes clear: “Catholic priests are forbidden to concelebrate the Eucharist with priests or ministers of Churches or ecclesial communities which do not have full communion with the Catholic Church.”
The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual behavior is mortally sinful and intrinsically evil and that homosexual inclinations are “objectively disordered,” in accordance with Sacred Scripture and the constant Tradition of the Church.
OFFENCES AGAINST THE SACRAMENTS (Cann. 1379 - 1389)
Can. 1379— § 1. The following incur a latae sententiae interdict or, if a cleric, also a latae sententiae suspension:
1° a person who, not being an ordained priest, attempts the liturgical celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says in fact that sacrilege "is a grave sin especially when committed against the Eucharist, for in this sacrament the true Body of Christ is made substantially present for us" (n. 2120)
Francis: Holy Mass "Forbidden", Simulation of Eucharist Welcome