Fr. Bozek, despite his excommunication, said Mass at St. Stanislaus on Christmas Eve, and news sources report that 1,500 people welcomed him with thunderous applause. What a pity. In any case, readers have sent some follow-up questions. . .Read Dr. Peters full explanation here...
A physician who loses his medical license might still be able to give sound medical advice, but practicing medicine without a license is illegal and punishable even if the medical advice in a given case was correct. A disbarred lawyer might still know the answers to people's legal questions, but practicing law without a license is a crime, even if the answers to clients questions were right. Similarly, an excommunicated priest can still pronounce over bread and wine the words needed for valid consecration of the Eucharist, but he gravely violates Church law if he does so and those who knowingly join with him share his guilt.
BTW, he has a new blog format as well...very nice!
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