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Catholic priests have sometimes not observed these rules, giving Holy Communion to non-Catholics sometimes unknowingly.<ref>[http://www.uscatholic.org/glad-you-asked/2008/11/can-a-non-catholic-receive-communion Can a non-Catholic receive Communion?]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-12/table-manners|title=Table Manners: Unexpected Grace at Communion|last=Packman|first=Andrew|publisher=[[The Christian Century]]|access-date=25 June 2012}}</ref> Notably, [[Pope John Paul II]] gave Holy Communion to [[Brother Roger]], a [[Reformed Church|Reformed]] pastor and founder of the [[Taizé Community]], several times; in addition Cardinal Ratzinger (later [[Pope Benedict XVI]]) also gave Brother Roger the Eucharist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americamagazine.org/content/all-things/brother-roger-taize-catholic-protestant-what|title=Brother Roger of Taize -- Catholic, Protestant, what?|last=Ivereigh|first=Austen|date=26 August 2008|publisher=[[America (Jesuit magazine)|America Magazine]]|language=en|access-date=24 July 2015|quote=Brother Roger also received communion several times from the hands of Pope John Paul II, who had become friends with him from the days of the Second Vatican Council and who was well acquainted with his personal journey with respect to the Catholic Church. In this sense, there was nothing secret or hidden in the attitude of the Catholic Church, neither at Taizé or in Rome. During the funeral of Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Ratzinger only repeated what had already been done before him in Saint Peter’s Basilica, at the time of the late Pope.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Catholic World Report, Volume 15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPEtAAAAYAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Ignatius Press|language=en|quote=During the funeral for Pope John Paul II, Brother Roger himself received Communion directly from then-Cardinal Ratzinger.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/another-tribute-taiz%C3%A8-vatican|title=Another tribute for Taizé from the Vatican|author=John L. Allen Jr.|date=11 August 2010|publisher=[[National Catholic Reporter]]|language=en|access-date=24 July 2015|quote=Brother Roger received communion several times from the hands of Pope John Paul II, who had become friends with him from the days of the Second Vatican Council, and who was well acquainted with his personal journey with respect to the Catholic Church.}}</ref> Moreover, after Brother Roger's death, at the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] celebrated for him in France, "communion wafers were given to the faithful indiscriminately, regardless of denomination".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/world/europe/at-his-funeral-brother-roger-has-an-ecumenical-dream-fulfilled.html?_r=0|title=At His Funeral, Brother Roger Has an Ecumenical Dream Fulfilled|last=Tagliabue|first=John|date=24 August 2005|work=The New York Times|language=en|access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref>

 

 

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