Bellarmine Forum: STOP COMMUNION in the HAND

John Manos, president of Bellarmine Form wrote yesterday on the forum's blog a piece that needs to be read by every member of the catholic church, especially those who are unaware of the meaning of the word "indult."

https://bellarmineforum.org/2018/03/05/communion-hand-perfectly-legal/

The norm of receiving Holy Communion is in the kneeling position and on the tongue. There’s the moral law. 

Holy Communion is the real presence of Our Lord. It is literally and actually Him. That I prefer to worship Him and make my body reflect that belief is not antinomian. Moreover, it is difficult to stretch moral law into the realm of indults. Indults are what is otherwise not permitted. It is a toleration of excess. 

In the case of Communion in the hand, it is toleration of abuse.

Bellarmine Forum: John Manos on Papal Awards (and Papal Bull)

John Manos, writing yesterday at the Bellarmine Forum Blog:

https://bellarmineforum.org/2018/01/15/put-calf-oven-give-papal-awards-anyone-visits-slavery/

Pope Francis bestowed the honor of “Commander in the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great” upon Lilianne Plouman, a Dutch politician. Plouman is heralded as a global force to raise money for abortion. So, when pressured on this award, the Vatican issued a statement on January 15...  

“The honor of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great received by Mrs. Lilianne Ploumen, former Minister of Development, in June 2017 during the visit of the Dutch Royals to the Holy Father, responds to the diplomatic practice of the exchange of honors between delegations on the occasion of official visits by Heads of State or Government in the Vatican.  Therefore, it is not in the slightest a placet [an expression of assent] to the politics in favor of abortion and of birth control that Mrs Ploumen promotes.”