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From the website of the German Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

In many mixed marriages it is already practiced: Eucharistic community. But it is not permitted. Bishop Franz-Josef Bode hopes for a change – and real soon.<\/p>\n

Franz-Josef Bode, bishop of Osnabruck, wishes for the possibility of Communion for mixed-confession married couples. He said this in conversation with Evangelischer Pressedienst (\u201cLutheran Press Service\u201d).<\/p>\n

The church would thereby permit was is already the frequent practice of mixed-confession marriage partners. Bode consideres such a change in the Catholic position, particularly in the 2017 commemoration year of the Reformation, \u201cnot utopian.\u201d The Lutheran Church allows the participation of Catholics in the Lord\u2019s Supper. It invites all baptized Christians to participate. But the Catholic Church does not allow its faithful to participate in the Protestant Lord\u2019s Supper, and it also as a rule limits the reception of the Eucharist to Catholic faithful.<\/p>\n

Church of the Future<\/p>\n

Bode also emphasized an intensification of ecumenical efforts with a view toward a \u201ccommon church of the future.\u201d He named agreement on general eucharistic community and the churches\u2019 understanding of ordained office as \u201cimportant basic points.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commonalities between the different confessions are already great: \u201cOne cannot call common faith in Jesus Christ and the triune God minimal consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Franz-Josef Bode is Bishop of Osnabruck since 1995, and president of the commission for pastoral ministry of the German Bishops\u2019 Conference since 2010. The area of his diocese, with a Catholic proportion of 26%, is broadly influenced by Protestantism.<\/p>\n

Translation: awr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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