Who Gets to Receive? Communion, Mercy, and the Catholic Side-Eye

02/09/2025 1h 1min Episodio 10
Who Gets to Receive? Communion, Mercy, and the Catholic Side-Eye

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Episode Synopsis

Hosts Dan and Jon return from summer breaks to discuss communion laws, parish side‑eye, and how culture shapes enforcement of church rules. They mix personal stories (honeymoon travel, drumsticks, a Navy baptism) with pastoral questions about addicts, divorced‑and‑remarried Catholics, and same‑sex attracted parishioners.
The episode argues the sacraments exist for people’s salvation, urges mercy over rigid policing, and highlights the Eucharist as both truth and communal unity — a call to welcome and accompany those who feel unwanted.

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