The most severe punishment the Catholic Church can give out is excommunication.
For the Catholic faith, the Church is a communion of living Catholics, purgatory souls, and saints in heaven. This communion is celebrated during the Eucharist in the Holy Mass.
When a living member of the Church commits an act that causes severe damage to the Church, the punishment is excommunication. This means that person is no longer considered part of it, and as a consequence cannot participate in the Eucharist.
Only the Pope can establish an excommunication or release. Some actions imply direct excommunication.
Some examples of actions that can be punished with excommunication are disobedience to the Pope's authority or heresy.
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