NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani should not have received Holy Communion during the pope’s visit because the former presidential candidate supports abortion rights, New York Cardinal Edward Egan said Monday.
Egan says he had “an understanding” with Giuliani that he is not to receive the Eucharist. The Catholic Church teaches “that abortion is a grave offense against the will of God,” Egan said.
The cardinal said Monday that Giuliani broke that understanding when he received the Eucharist during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit earlier this month. He received Communion during the April 19 service from one of the many clergymen who offered the sacrament.
Egan says he will be seeking a meeting with Giuliani “to insist that he abide by our understanding.”
The BigWigs in DC and NY went out of their way to stick it to the Pope, I thot. Bad music, invite the apostate politicians, etc. “We do it THIS way” they seemed to say.