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Catholic Church to Kerry: No Communion for you
I just went through a class in which we went over changes to the Sacrament of COmmunion, during mass. The "heavy hitter" material was in a letter to the parishes from the Bishop - and from Cardinal Ratzinger, the Pope's right hand man.And here are the EXACT words from Cardinal Ratzinger's letter: The Church teaches that abortion or euthanasia is a grave sin. ... There is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them [laws that authorize or promote abortion or euthanasia]. In the case of an intrinsically unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or euthanasia, it is therefore never licit to obey it, or to take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of sucha lw, or vote for it. ... From a moral standpoint it is never licit to cooperate formally in evil [such as voting for laws that permit abortion] ... This cooperation can never be justified either by invokling respect for the freedom of others nor by appealing to the fact that civil law permits it or requires it. my take: That blows Kerry out of the water, completely - and it also addresses his excuses. But wait - there's even MORE Regarding the grave sin of abortion, whe a person's formal cooperation becomes manifest, understood in the case of a Catholic politician, as his consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia, his pastor shoudl meet with him, instructing him about the Church's teachin, informing him that my take: Mr Kerry, Kennedy and other "pro choice" pseudo Catholics should NOT be presenting themsleves for Communion. Period - no opinion here, the law of the Church is the Law. Not opinion or manners. But wait - there's still MORE - this is what we had to learn as Eucharistic Ministers WHen these precuationary measures have not had their effect ... and the person in question with obstinate persistance still presents himslef to recieve the holy Eucharist, the minister of holy Eucharist must refuse to distribute it. my take: Game over man - time for peopel to really decide if they are Catholic or ProChoice - you clearly cannot be both. Now here comes the capper: A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil [and thus in a grave state of sin] if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidates stand in favor of abortion and/or euthanasia. And there you have it. The Church in Rome is finally brining the US Bishops back on tack and forcing them to take a stand. Being a moral Catholic is no guarantee of an easy life or of being popular. Posted by: OldSpook 2004-07-23 |
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