Certainly, it is possible for children to profess faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and therefore they can understand what Communion represents. But the genuineness of their faith and their understanding of the gospel should first be tested and affirmed through baptism.

Only a validly ordained priest can validly consecrate the Eucharist. As stated in Canon Law, “The ordinary minister of holy communion is a bishop, presbyter, or deacon.” and “The extraordinary minister of holy communion is an acolyte or another member of the Christian faithful designated according to the norm of ⇒ can.

Although priests earn a modest salary, much of their income is earned through housing allowances, stipends, bonuses and other benefits. These benefits are often provided by the church or parish to support the spiritual development of their community.

Catholics can only receive Holy Communion if they are in a state of grace, this is without any mortal sin: “A person who is conscious of grave sin (mortal sin) is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to …

Most Catholic children receive their First Communion when they’re seven or eight years of age because this is considered the age of reason. Others can receive communion for the first time whenever they’ve met all the Church’s requirements.

Normally, it is only if you are not married in the church, or if your marriage is not recognized by the Church, that you cannot receive communion until it is. It has nothing to do with not being married in a church building.

The Catholic Church not only views sex outside of marriage as a sin, but it also disapproves of cohabiting couples. Priests and bishops urge engaged Catholic couples who are living together to separate before marriage, and some priests may even chose not to marry a couple who has been cohabiting.

Obviously, living together is a major no-no for catholics and we can’t find a priest to marry us. My friends who have lived together and got married in the catholic church just lied about it.

Cohabitation is when a couple live together before they are married. The Catholic Church does not agree with cohabitation, because it believes that it destroys the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage.