[bobjam]

This altar incident underscores everything wrong with certain elements of the US Catholic Church. Sadly, many in other denominations have the same problem.

The hierarchy has a reputation of bending the rules for the elite and powerful in exchange for what amounts to nothing more than money and photo-ops. The spectacle of a major politcal figure being denied Communion because of his ungodly abortion views wwould do more to strengthen the Catholic Church than 1000 fundraisers and fish fries.

[TheGeezer]

The spectacle of a major politcal figure being denied Communion because of his ungodly abortion views wwould do more to strengthen the Catholic Church than 1000 fundraisers and fish fries.

AMEN! The moral obtuseness of American RC bishops resulted in the homosexual scandal in the seminaries and Church, and this cowardly approach to Kerry and his blatant, antiCatholic errors only aids despair and indifferentism.

Reception of Holy Eucharist is so serious a threat to the salvation of nonbelievers that early church fathers taught that it was seriously sinful to give them communion. The holy body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus that is the Eucharist cannot be taken by one who is not in communion with the beliefs of the Church. Reception of it by a person of such a disposition as Kerry's is an objective condemnation.

The pope taught concerning public espousal of abortion by politicians and validity of communion with the Church; it's a shame the cardinal could not obey.

[Republic If You Can Keep It]

The spectacle of a major politcal figure being denied Communion because of his ungodly abortion views would do more to strengthen the Catholic Church than 1000 fundraisers and fish fries.

Well said.

The man is using his office to legislate mortal sin.

What is the church waiting for?

[TankerKC]

This altar incident underscores everything wrong with certain elements of the US Catholic Church.

I don't know that "The Paulist Center" is really a "Catholic Church". Read around their website: The Paulist Center