Please see footnote below:
Just as I was hoping for an end to competition for the most exotic locale
for weddings and a return to their proper place – a church - none but the Pope
himself takes it “to new heights” (January 20): “historic” heights, according
to Pope Francis, who told the newly-weds, “Never has a pope married a couple
on a plane”.
Actually, he didn’t marry them, they married each other. The pontiff was
merely the celebrant. They'd been living together for eight years, unmarried
in the eyes of the church because an earthquake damaged their local church. As if there were no other churches around.
But apparently their confession of
grave sin was not followed by absolution from the pope or any of the
cardinals on board. This smacks of sacrilege, the sin of profaning a sacrament.
The covert campaign of powerful clergy in the Catholic Church to dismantle
the sacrament of matrimony was advanced on that plane over Chile by the very man
whose sacred task is to safeguard
it.
it.
Cardinal John Dew says now on Facebook that this couple had done pre-marriage courses and received the Sacrament of Penance. It's pretty clear that sacrament wasn't conferred on board, before they received the sacrament of matrimony; it sounds like they received absolution before the wedding that didn't happen - years ago - since when they've had two children.
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