Maltese bishop threatens priests will be suspended a divinis for refusing communion to divorced/remarried
Bishop Mario Grech of Gozo, a Maltese island, has allegedly threatened priests that he will suspend them a divinis if they refuse Holy Communion to the divorced and civilly “remarried”. The German website Katholisches reports that Bishop Mario Grech announced his decision to impose this canonical punishment immediately on returning from Rome. Bishop Mario Grech is the co-signatory with Archbishop Charles Scicluna of the document, “Criteria for the Application of Chapter VIII of Amoris Laetitia“. Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Bishop Mario Grech have instructed priests to allow the divorced and civilly “remarried”, who are sexually active despite the existence of first marriage, to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist if they believe, after a period of reflection, that