Is it wrong to take communion at a catholic church?

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• minatasgeel

  January 2017

  Is there no Eastern Orthodox churches around? It possible to get to one of those churches, contact the priest in charge, while your father of confession also contacts that father to give you an absolution to take communion. 
• egypt45

  January 2017

  The closest Eastern Orthodox Church from me is about the same distance (~1.5 hours) as the Coptic church (2 hrs) so not entirely close. Otherwise I'd definitely look into it more
• minatasgeel

  January 2017

  I would try to look into it more and speak to your father of confession. in either cases, he'll have to give you an absolution to take communion elsewhere.  
• Remnkemi

  January 2017

  Ask the closest bishop to you. If you don't ask, then you are breaking Church canons. Bishops routinely give pastoral exceptions if you are very far from a Coptic Church. But don't take it upon yourself to give yourself absolution from the Church canons and the Coptic Church's care. 

  
  

  If you need the contact information of the closest bishop, let us know. 
• minasoliman

  January 2017 edited January 2017

  I used to be an in area where the closest Coptic Church was 90 miles away (also studying medicine). Other churches was a Greek Orthodox Church 50 miles away and a Roman Catholic Church 10 miles away. I never set foot in or even considered the Catholic Church. When I asked permission from Bishop David, who was the general bishop of North America at the time, to take communion at the Greek Church, he told me to drive the extra 40 miles.
• basemwilliam

  February 2017

  "They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them" (Matthew 23:4).