So when Rudy Giuliani received communion at a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict, did His Holiness publicly stumble?
No, because Benedict never SAID that pro-aborts may receive Communion. In fact, he stated the opposite, more than once.
Did Benedict know Giuliani by sight? Possibly, but not certainly.
Did Giuliani receive from the Pope? Probably not. Benedict usually did NOT distribute Communion at his Masses.
Giuliani already had an understanding with Cardinal Egan that he would not receive Communion, based on the fact that Giuliani was living with either a shack-up or a second wife—I don’t remember which, and it doesn’t matter.
Nice try. But no, the situation you cite is nothing like Donohue’s. Donohue has given formal, conscious approval to the mortal sin of giving Communion to pro-aborts.
Notice how Donohue tries to blur the issue by referring, not to “pro-abortion” politicians, but “liberal” politicians—implying that Voris and other “right-wing nuts” think people should be denied Communion for being LIBERALS.