The new WikiLeaks revelations where the clinton gang mock and belittle Catholics (WHO DON'T THEY BELITTLE?) should add fuel to this argument, but I can't help but believe that these sermons have much impact. After all, some of the most strident PRO-ABORTION figures are Catholic I believe - San Fran Nan, Idiot Joe Biden, etc., yet they are still warmly welcomed by the Catholic hierarchy.
Part of the problem is that a church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. Supposedly, they will realign themselves with Catholic church teaching, but they don’t. Nancy Pelosi is a prime example along with many other elite politicians. Pope Benedict did take Pelosi to task, though he never spoke publicly about any one person. He did discipline my local Bishop before he became Pope and when he was Pope he did remove him. We lost a great man when he retired.
No..they CALL themselves Catholics, and may even go through the motions when they are inside a church, but they have excommunicated themselves by their actions. It doesn't take a writ from the Pope to be excommunicate.