A video shows Archbishop Bruno Forte of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, calling out three parishioners for receiving the Holy Eucharist on the tongue.
During his homily, Forte called out three congregants for receiving Holy Communion on the tongue and claimed that any Catholic who chooses to receive communion on the tongue is not only being “disobedient” to the Church hierarchy but also committing the sin of pride. Forte has previously barred the faithful in his archdiocese from receiving the Eucharist on the tongue and has a history of making heretical statements.
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“And let me clarify one point, there were three people who did not want Communion in their hands. So, first of all, in the New Testament, Jesus says, ‘Lambante.’ The verb ‘lambano’ in Greek means to take in (the) hand. For centuries, the Church has taken Communion in (the) hand. Only in some dark centuries, (the Church) fearing lack of hygiene, replaced this gesture with that of taking (Communion) in (the) mouth,” the archbishop said.
Contrary to Forte’s claims, the reception of Holy Communion on the tongue was the norm in the Church for over 1,300 years, while Communion in the hand only became widespread globally in the 1970s.
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