[violetpretty]

Preface: I was [poorly] raised Catholic, but I don't currently identify as such and haven't been to mass since I was confirmed. Other than that, I've just been to weddings and funerals.

Any Catholics correct me if I'm wrong because I very well could be, but I seem to recall that certain special occasions in the church invite all attendees to receive communion. Is this at the discretion of the parish/priest? I can't remember if a funeral is one such occasion. I might be making this up. If so, it seems kind of strange that the priest would refuse communion to anyone. Plenty of Catholics who sin receive communion, and any attendee inherently sins according to the Catholic Church because they are not Catholic, but they are invited to receive communion anyway. Just weird.

I'm not about to tell the Catholic church how to operate, though. Sure, I think the priest's refusal is rude and very disrespectful, but keeping public policy out of the church's business is the other half of "separation of church and state". Attitudes and actions like this from the Catholic church are one of many reasons I'd never go back, even if I woke up one day and the theology actually made sense to me.