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Yesterday, the Vatican confirmed that Catholics who remarried after divorce are barred from receiving communion, dashing hopes that the ruling could change soon.
Head of the Holy See's doctrinal office, Archbishop Gerhard Mueller said such couples could receive communion only if they had a Church annulment.
He added that even if there is no possibility of admitting remarried divorcees to the sacraments, priests must show particular pastoral concern for people in difficult circumstances.
Earlier this month, the Vatican blocked a move by a German diocese to allow some divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion. The Vatican said local dioceses could not enact reforms on their own.
The Church teaches that marriage is indissoluble. It does not recognize divorce but only a Church-sanctioned annulment. Annulment according to the church is a ruling that the conditions for a marriage, such as free will and psychological maturity, did not exist when it took place.(NAN)
