[lastchance]

“A politician who publicly supports abortion, he excommunicates himself. It’s not question of receiving Communion or not; he has already done serious harm to the communion of faith of the Church, to the communion of moral life, and therefore that person himself is doing an act that is inconsistent with what he says he believes,” the cardinal said."

I pray that all who claim to be Catholic come to know the truth of this statement. That they repent and return to Christ and His Church.

[the invisib1e hand]

a fascinating and beautifully logical discourse.

Taking communion in the state of excommunication is to take trouble upon one's self.

[Nihil Obstat]

thank you for posting this

[NYer]

Glad to see the Cardinal has ‘clarified’ his position vis a vis that of the Church. However, Time Magazine’s readers will come away with the wrong impression from the oriignal article.

[murphE]

"It’s in the tradition of moral theology that even if I know a person is living in grave sin, I cannot take a public action against him. It would be giving scandal to the person. Yes, he should not seek [communion], but I cannot deny it from him.”

Huh?????