A Test of Kerry's Faith -The candidate's policies are at odds with church canon.

Time ^ | 04/05/2004 | Karen Tumulty and Perry Bacon Jr.

[AnAmericanMother]

I was Catholic for years, but never heard of anyone wearing a rosary as a necklace. Wouldn't that be a sacrilege, or something?

He's a liar.

Just take your average rosary and try to fit it over your head. It won't fit any grownup, let alone a big-headed horseface like Effin' Kerry.

It's considered disrespectful for CHILDREN to wear rosaries around their necks, it's not an article of jewelry.

[tjwmason]

And if you knowingly persist in holding an opposing view to the Popes in matters of faith and morals you are not a Catholic and should leave the Church.

Good post, and it's only a small point, but if one does maintains an heretical view in spite of correction, then it's not so much that one should leave the Church, but that one has done so. Just because one continues to attend Mass, even receive the Sacrament, does not make one a member of the Church.

[Aliska]

I did some net searchng. See my post here

There is talk on that thread (actually there are three threads going on this at the moment, maybe more) about the annulment and how to find out if there actually was one.

I've been unable to come up with who officiated. Maybe a Freeper can find a newspaper article in one of the local Nantucket papers (there should be quite a bit about it) and find out. Who officiated might be indicative of whether or not there was actually an annulment.

Maybe the annulment talk was for public consumption. I never found out if Kennedy actually got an annulment, and as far as I know, the church has been silent about it. The switchboard in Boston lit up when Kennedy received communion at his mother's funeral.

Nantucket is in the Fall River Diocese.

[Aliska]

Here's a gay wedding on Nantucket Kerry attended:

"In addition to relatives and friends, Gifford family associates U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his wife Myra attended."

No ordinary Nantucket society wedding

I thought he didn't believe in gay weddings.

[stylin19a]

Anybody have any Kerry Vietnam pictures with/without a rosary around his neck ?

[stylin19a]

I've received Communion in other than a church. People are Baptized other than in a church. I have had my Penance heard in other than a church. Extreme Unction definitely doesn't happen in church. None of those count ?

[Coleus]

maybe I should have said, "where we receive our FIRST sacraments"

You received your FIRST holy communion outside a catholic Church? And your FIRST penance outside a church?

We are talking in the context of a Marriage, which is a sacrament usually made once just like holy orders. It's against the norms of canon law to be married in a building other than a consecrated catholic church. And against the canon law to make your FIRST holy communion and FIRST penance somewhere else not in a church.

And yes, Catholics ordinarily receive the sacraments (baptism, reconciliation, holy Eucharist, penance, holy orders, matrimony in a church). I don't make the laws, just follow them.

[Coleus]

Yuk. I wonder what kind of campaign contribution the two sweethearts gave Kerry.

[NeoCaveman]

Just take your average rosary and try to fit it over your head. It won't fit any grownup, let alone a big-headed horseface like Effin' Kerry.

I just checked, you are right AAM. Another lie by Jaque Francois Cherie aka John F'in Kerry.

[AnAmericanMother]

. . . oh, dear, was I uncharitable? . . .

sorry! (chalks that one up on the list for next confession.)

Kerry would have been much more believable if he'd said he was wearing a Miraculous Medal or a Four-Way Medal, or a Brown Scapular. But I guess he figured that would sound "too Catholic" or wouldn't register with your average Democrat voter.

I was wearing a Miraculous Medal long before I "officially" became a Catholic.

[freeangel]

Let's face it; principles, ethics, morals and loyalty are not kerrys strong suite. That's what makes him a good democrat.

[Uncle Miltie]

John Kerry’s fellow Catholics may wish to consider the Catholic Family Association of America’s documentation of his 29 out of 30 pro-abortion votes between 1995 and 2001.

Proof: http://www.cathfam.org/cfexcom/SenateVotes.html

[Zack Nguyen]

He is enough of a stickler for Catholic rules to have sought an annulment of his 18-year first marriage before marrying again.

Oh well, thank goodness. That makes him a great Christian.

[Zack Nguyen]

"I don't tell church officials what to do," he says, "and church officials shouldn't tell American politicians what to do in the context of our public life."

To me this sounds almost threatening, as if Kerry wants to strike a bargain with Christians. As long as the church is following the law, the government should have nothing to say to them. The church, on the other hand, has plenty to say to government, because God has plenty to say.