Ten years after Amoris Laetitia, Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim has defended the Church's discipline on Communion for Catholics in irregular relationships, arguing that being honest about why someone cannot receive can itself be an act of love. David Hahn looks back at the dubia controversy and makes the case that guarding the Eucharist is a way of caring for souls.

Chapters:
00:00 Can you welcome someone who can’t receive Communion?
00:30 Amoris Laetitia ten years on
01:36 The dubia and the confusion that followed
04:24 Bishop Varden’s response
07:11 Why receiving Communion is a covenant oath
09:46 Divorce, remarriage and the Eucharist
11:27 Responding to Fr James Martin

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