Attending Ex-Catholics’ “Weddings”
There's a lot of combinations of sacramental debates happening today, but most of them are very similar: Someone's Catholic family member is getting married outside the Church. Half the family feels squeamish about it. A priest steps in and says to the more conservative family members, "You should indeed go to your son's wedding outside the Church, so as to not break the bonds of charity. That way, you can evangelize him back into the Church later." Then, all the lay people in the family have their consciences euthanized by the smiling priest, and they all go to the "wedding." Here's why that priest is wrong and it's actually a [...]