RE: Church excommunicates a girl for aborting her twins but lets her rapist go free
May 31, 2012 at 12:50 am
(May 30, 2012 at 11:14 pm)padraic Wrote: Actually a lot harder than you might think; the church has to be made aware of the transgression.Mostly, they would really rather not know.
If you are automatically excommunicated, you are automatically excommunicated. The Church doesn't need to be made aware, only God obviously. The Church only needs to be "made aware" in order to enforce the prohibition on receiving the sacraments.
Vasectomy is not an excommunicable offense (though it is mortal sin). Turning apostate is though, so yes you are excommunicated. There's no reason for the Church to say anything there because its already obvious.
Ferendae sententiae excommunications are the ones where you will "hear a dicky bird" from the Church, those require either special decision from the Bishop or a Vatican Tribunal. An example of this is the group "Call to Action" which was a group of Catholics who demanded an end to priestly celibacy, ordination for women, pro-contraception, etc. And they were excommunicated by the local bishop, and then confirmed by the Vatican.
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Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.
Sinners, we honor your sinless perfection;
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Grand us the shield of your sovereign protection,
Measure your aid by the depth of our need.
Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying,
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