Divorced Catholics in good standing with the Church, who have not remarried or who have remarried following an annulment, may receive the sacraments. Pastors of souls and other members of the Christian faithful, according to their respective ecclesiastical function, have the duty to take care that those who seek the sacraments are prepared to receive them by proper evangelization and catechetical instruction, attentive to the norms issued by competent authority. However, if they are remarried without an annulment, they may not receive Communion. A Day With Mary, Sat 22 March 2014, Catholic Church of Our La. (CCC 1131). Can divorced Catholics receive Communion? n. 349), which faithfully present the Gospel teaching of Jesus Christ (cf. 12:26). For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the Church: for we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. Isnt annulment a way to draw Catholics away from Gods teaching(s)? Whether you are divorced or not, you are still considered a member of the Catholic Church and are welcome to participate in all of its sacraments and rites. Rather, it teaches that a Catholic who has been divorced and remarried, without having first obtained an annulment of the first marriage, is not permitted to receive the Eucharist. There is a difference between those who have sincerely tried to save their sacramental marriage but have been unjustly abandoned by their spouses, and those who have destroyed their marriage themselves. Because the Eucharist is an efficacious sign, symbol, and expression of communion with God, the Church has always taught that a person who is conscious of grave sin should not receive the Eucharist without first making a sacramental confession. If none of these things work, they have not sinned at all. The couple may seek to have children through prayer and fertility treatments that respect the moral law and that they can reasonably afford.