So THAT'S Why They Hate Pope Benedict XVI
Love the headline here: "New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004 election campaign":
Of course, "Catholic politician consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthenasia laws" applies to a whole bunch of Democrats, not just Sonorous John of the Magic Hat. If Ted Kennedy ever showed his rummy nose in church between campaigns, one presumes he'd be denied communion as well, if only to keep lighting from striking the altar and endangering the altar boys.
The real news in this story is that somebody in the Catholic Church actually stood up for keeping communion holy.
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican theologian who was elected Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004 US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry.
In a June 2004 letter to US bishops enunciating principles of worthiness for communion recipients, Ratzinger specified that strong and open supporters of abortion should be denied the Catholic sacrament, for being guilty of a "grave sin."
He specifically mentioned "the case of a Catholic politician consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws," a reference widely understood to mean Democratic candidate Kerry, a Catholic who has defended abortion rights.
The letter said a priest confronted with such a person seeking communion "must refuse to distribute it."
A footnote to the letter also condemned any Catholic who votes specifically for a candidate because the candidate holds a pro-abortion position. Such a voter "would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for holy communion," the letter read.
Of course, "Catholic politician consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthenasia laws" applies to a whole bunch of Democrats, not just Sonorous John of the Magic Hat. If Ted Kennedy ever showed his rummy nose in church between campaigns, one presumes he'd be denied communion as well, if only to keep lighting from striking the altar and endangering the altar boys.
The real news in this story is that somebody in the Catholic Church actually stood up for keeping communion holy.
1 Comments:
AMEN!!! And you keep forgetting Leahy. Yuck. It caused quite a stir in our quaint village church since we have Catholics sporting Dean and Kerry bumper stickers. Is that backward, or what? I think I may pick an artsy, intellectual brain someday and ask them how they justify that one. Once I did comment on Kerry being denied communion and got a heated, "The Pope has no business in our bedrooms". There were many ways to answer. I just said if it hadn't been for God in my bedroom, I would never have been blest with children! Ah, it's so refreshing to be a simpleton :-))
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