The absurdity is that even the postconciliar legal framework does not support denying Communion merely because someone kneels.
Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte and his priests at Our Lady of Grace parish in Greensboro refused Holy Communion to a reverent Catholic family after they approached the altar rail during a Confirmation Mass. LifeSiteNews reported the father’s statement that Martin “simply ignored” them and that “all the priests turned their backs” while everyone else received Communion. The father called the experience humiliating.
Humiliating indeed.
The humiliation was the point, or at least the natural fruit of the policy. These reverent Catholics were not public blasphemers, same-sex couples seeking a photo-op blessing, or Anglican clergy cosplaying apostolic succession. They were a Catholic family kneeling before what the Church teaches is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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