Posted on 02/26/2018 12:39:22 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Catholic Bishop Denies Communion to Pro-Abortion Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin: “Until He Repents of His Sin”
Pro-life Catholics who wish Catholic Church leaders would step up and deny communion to leading politicians who support abortion are getting good news today.
One Catholic bishop is denying communion to pro-abortion Democrat Dick Durbin, a top Democrat in the Senate who has long supported and promoted abortion. Durbin joined other Democrats to block a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks.
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois says Durbin is “cooperating in evil” and persisting in “manifest grave sin” because of his abortion advocacy and must therefore “not be admitted to Holy Communion until he repents of his sin.”
In a statement on the Diocese of Springfield website, Bishop Paprocki said, “Fourteen Catholic senators voted against the bill that would have prohibited abortions starting at 20 weeks after fertilization, including Sen. Richard Durbin, whose residence is in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.”
The full statement reads:
I agree completely with His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, who called the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act “appalling.”
Fourteen Catholic senators voted against the bill that would have prohibited abortions starting at 20 weeks after fertilization, including Sen. Richard Durbin, whose residence is in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. In April 2004, Sen. Durbin’s pastor, then Msgr. Kevin Vann (now Bishop Kevin Vann of Orange, CA), said that he would be reticent to give Sen. Durbin Holy Communion because his pro-abortion position put him outside of communion or unity with the Church’s teachings on life. My predecessor, now Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha, said that he would support that decision. I have continued that position.
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Canon 915 of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law states that those “who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.” In our 2004 Statement on Catholics in Political Life, the USCCB said, “Failing to protect the lives of innocent and defenseless members of the human race is to sin against justice. Those who formulate law therefore have an obligation in conscience to work toward correcting morally defective laws, lest they be guilty of cooperating in evil and in sinning against the common good.” Because his voting record in support of abortion over many years constitutes “obstinate persistence in manifest grave sin,” the determination continues that Sen. Durbin is not to be admitted to Holy Communion until he repents of this sin. This provision is intended not to punish, but to bring about a change of heart. Sen. Durbin was once pro-life. I sincerely pray that he will repent and return to being pro-life.
A 2013 letter from Pope Francis says pro-abortion politicians should not be eligible for communion in the Catholic Church.
In the letter, Pope Francis directed the Argentinean bishops to govern the Church there following the Aparecida Document.
The text states, in part, “[people] cannot receive Holy Communion and at the same time act with deeds or words against the commandments, particularly when abortion, euthanasia, and other grave crimes against life and family are encouraged. This responsibility weighs particularly over legislators, heads of governments, and health professionals.”
“These are the guidelines we need for this time in history,” the pope wrote to the bishops.
When did Democrats ever disavow and appologized for the KkK and their champion Sanger and later Ginsburg?
Meanwhile, here is the response from protestant bishops:
Springfield's Protestant Bishops on Dick Durbin's pro-abortion record
Winning!
JoMa
Don’t rile them up! They’re restless today!
That was fast. He’s only been a US Senator for about twenty one years!
Prayers for Bishop Paprocki as he confronts this evil.
Aaaaaaaaaannd.........
...........”Little Dick” Durban is THE ONLY ONE?? Just hisself???
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeallly??
ABOUT DANGED TIME!!
One Diocese down, 194 to go.
“”Meanwhile, here is the response from protestant bishops: “”
Don’t think we have any BISHOPS in protestant denominations.
It’s about time someone spoke up on this issue. Now we need to hear that Biden, the Kennedys, Pelosi, Cantwell, Gillibrand, Collins, Murray and many more will be refused communion. These are the senators and undoubtedly there are untold number of representatives who need the caution..The warning has been given to cause (ahem) them to repent. I say these people are beyond that - way beyond that. There is no decency in a person who believes abortion at ANY TIME is acceptable.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26806/catholic-priest-calls-excommunication-senators-who-paul-bois
The good Bishop should bring back the old bell, book and candle ritual to publically excommunicate him.
>> Don’t think we have any BISHOPS in protestant denominations. <<
You don’t? I suppose next you’ll be telling me there’s no pews in protestant churches either? Last time I checked, there are TONS of bishops in protestant denominations, including most of the major protestant churches in the United States.
Here are some protestant bishops that oversee their flocks in the same region as Bishop Paprocki:
Right Rev. Daniel Hayden Martin, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, IL
http://www.episcopalspringfield.org/bishops-bio/
Rev. Dr. S. John Roth, bishop of the Central/Southern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
https://www.csis-elca.org/synod-staff/
The Reverend Doctor Frank J. Beard, Bishop of the North Central Jurisdiction, Illinois Great Rivers Conference, of the Methodist Church
https://www.igrc.org/bishop
Right Rev. Gregory G. M. Ingram, Bishop and presiding prelate of the First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
http://www.firstdistrictame.org/aboutBishop.html
Bishop Juan L Morrison, head bishop of the Central Illinois Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmanuel-Temple-Church-of-God-In-Christ/143388832374376
I’m sure these fine protestant leaders in central Illinois will be swiftly issuing decrees banning pro-abortion politicians from receiving communion any day now... right?
Anglicans have an Episcopal polity (their US branch is called the Episcopal Church!) as do Methodists and some Lutherans.
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