Who are the recipients of the holy communion?

Answer 1

In the Catholic Church only baptized Catholics who have made their first Communion and are in the state of grace may receive Communion. In the code of canon law, provisions are made for cases of emergency and necessity for members of other Christian religions to receive the Eucharist from a Catholic minister, but to do so, the recipient would have to believe in the sacrament and its theology and thus implicitly refers mainly to members of the Orthodox Church.

Answer 2

Recipients of Holy Communion are those who are practicing Catholics not conscious of having committed a Mortal Sin. A practicing Catholic is one who goes to Mass on a consistent basis and at least makes some effort to live their Faith publicly.

Nonpracticing Catholics, (Catholics who never go to Mass, yet identify themselves as Catholics) and practicing Catholics conscious of Mortal Sin, and those who are part of Christian communities not in communion with the Bishop of Rome are not admitted to Holy Communion. This is because the Holy Eucharist is a sign of oneness of life, faith, and worship, and also because Catholics believe that the Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Those Catholics who read this and want to receive communion, but are not practicing, all you have to do is make a good confession and start going back to Mass on a consistent basis. Those Catholics who are practicing but are conscious of Moral Sin, simply make a good confession.

Answer 3

In the Catholic Church any baptized Catholic who has made his/her First Holy Communion and is in a state of grace (no unconfessed serious sins) may receive communion.