Salt Lake City’s bishop and its cathedral’s pastor denied a Catholic Holy Communion on the tongue.
Videos of two live-streamed Masses at the Cathedral of the Madeleine capture the tensions and fraught quandaries that result from bishops banning reception of Holy Communion on the tongue due to COVID-19 fears, even though the Catholic Church states clearly in Redemptionis Sacramentum that a Catholic “always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue,” a right that cannot simply be taken away.
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In this case, Bishop Oscar Solis issued a directive May 27 that as a measure to combat the coronavirus, Catholics are to receive Holy Communion “only on the hand.”
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Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis
Bishop of Salt Lake City
27 C Street, Salt Lake City UT 84103
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