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“Conservative” German Bishop: Sacrilegious Communion in the Hand "Just as Dignified" as Communion on …

Conservative Regensburg Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer claimed in his Corpus Christi sermon that taking Communion in the hand is "just as dignified" as receiving Communion on the tongue.
During the German Synodal/Suicidal Way Voderholzer took Communion in the hand from a girl. Communion in the hand is objectively sacrilegious because it makes it inevitable that consecrated particles fall to the ground and are trampled upon.
During his sermon, Voderholzer thanked everybody for "renouncing" Communion on the tongue, which he has forbidden anyway, because of the coronavirus. He went on alleging that receiving Communion was more important than the "outer form," as if one could separate the form from the content.
Voderholzer referred to a stupid argument, which Cardinal Ratzinger used in a 1978 sermon: "Usually one sins more with the tongue than with the hand." The argument is foolish, because Communion received with the hand is transported to the allegedly "sinful" tongue.
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Rafał_Ovile

Jmy1975 there are no hand-held Communions by law and practice in Catholic Church since end of every Holy Communion is mouth. Provide 2 papal magisterial documents one from before 1958 and the other after 1958 in which any layman is allowed (including) to minister (distribute), by touching Holy Communion, to mouth.

Jmy1975

All handheld communions should have a plate underneath to catch any particles. Like they do with on-the-tongue.

Ultraviolet

That would imply both a concern and a need for caution based out of reverence. ;-)