Posted on 03/31/2004 2:47:28 PM PST by kattracks
A Primer on Canon 915 Can. 915 Those upon whom the penalty of excommunication or interdict has been imposed or declared, and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin, are not to be admitted to holy communion
Teresa on the Stump, Teresa Heinz Kerry, from Mozambique, PRO-ABORTION Catholic, UN Employee, etc.
Teresa Heinz Kerry, Drummond Pike and the Communist TIDES FOUNDATION
The Bible and homosexuality [Kerry thinks the bible is for homosexuality]
Catholic Pro-Abortion, Pro-Homosexual
Catholic and 100% Pro Abortion
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
DOCTRINAL NOTE
on some questions regarding
The Participation of Catholics in Political Life
Living the Gospel of Life:
A Challenge to American Catholics
A Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States
Faithful Citizenship:
Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium
An Old Testament, Litany of Life
Canon Law and Abortion
Sign Petition: To Excommunicate
The Gospel of Life--Evangelium Vitae
Herod's Heroes, Sign Petition
Hughes exhorts Catholic pols to toe line
Times Picayune, LA - 7 hours ago
support abortion, assisted suicide or any other "life issues" out of step with church
teachings should refrain from Holy Communion, Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes.
Archbishop aims call at some Catholic politicians
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 1 hour ago
Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes' statement, contained in his column in this week's
Clarion Herald, the archdiocesan newspaper, is in stride with nationwide.
Bishop Raymond Burke's Strange Nemesis
DisInfo.com -Dec 29, 2003 By Matt C. Abbott. ... On Saturday, October 26, 2002 I stood before Archbishop ... Alfred Kunz. ... When I asked, via e-mail, Detective Kevin Hughes of the Dane County
2) No Catholic is under any obligation to agree with the Pope about the invasion of Iraq. The Pope is entitled to his opinion; I am entitled to my opinion.
3) The Church's teaching on abortion--and the Church teaches that the STATE has the DUTY to prohibit abortion--is a teaching that goes back to the very beginning. It is not a "political" position. It is an unchangeable constant. It is dishonest politicians, like Kerry, who PRETEND that when the Church condemns MURDER, the Church is "meddling in politics."
Or like the funeral for John Cardinal O'Connor ...
Cardinal John O'Connor gets last word at his own funeral
For those who missed it, the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston preached at the funeral of his close friend John O'Connor, the Cardinal Archbishop of New York. O'Connor was a bold and fierce preacher on the subject closest to his heart: the sanctity of human life.
The funeral, broadcast live nationwide, was attended by the president and vice president, their wives and numerous dignitaries including the mayor of New York City.
At one point in the sermon, O'Connor's hand picked homilist said, "What a great legacy he has left us in his constant reminder that the Church must always be unambiguously pro- life."
There was a beat and then applause broke out. It grew louder, increasing as the cameras fixed on the Clinton-Gore party showing them on screens throughout the cathedral. Cardinal Law attempted to quiet the crowd with his hand, when suddenly the congregation began to stand up, applauding in a wave that moved from the back of the church to the front. If it hadn't been a funeral they would have cheered. It was a defiant, pivotal moment.
Then the bishops and cardinals in the sanctuary stood up. The elder George Bush stood up applauding, as did his son somewhere off camera. The camera panned back to the Clinton- Gore party who looked bemused and bewildered.
Having no water glasses to reach for as they did in 1994 when Mother Teresa received a thunderous ovation for telling the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington that there could be no peace as long as a mother could kill the child in her womb, Clinton leaned back and started whispering in Hillary's ear. Gore's face was as blank, flat and white as a sheet of paper. Behind them another abortion "rights" supporter, Rudy Giuliani, began to applaud, albeit weakly, and stood. And lest they be the only ones left seated, the Clintons and Gores lamely stood up but refrained from applauding.
It was not Cardinal Law's intent to embarrass anyone. He was merely doing his job and honoring his friend. The vehement applause came from the people.
When the applause subsided, Law quipped, "I see he hasn't left the pulpit."
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Yes ALL of them and any other activists that support abortion. I think they will finally forced to take this on because if Kerry becomes President he will be leading many young Catholics all over the world into error by bad example. He does not care... he might like it... the more potential prochoice voters the better. So if the bishops don't do something now then it's like a millstone should be put around their necks for letting our kids and all Christian kids see this terrible example.
It would be better if Deal Hudson stayed out of it. The liberals will just say it was evil rightwingers who started the witch hunt and the bisops caved in. Not that Hudson is not right of course.
In past times the Church supported the death penalty under certain conditions as punishment and as protection for society. I think now the Church says that modern countires no longer need the death penalty to protect society from dangerous people because we have the money and facilities to keep them locked up. The Church would like to see the utilization of the death penalty whither away as countires modernize and become wealthy enough to incarcerate people for life. So it's a case by case basis for various countries and cultures and therefore not able to be a fixed teaching.
The Church is going to be set back for at least a generation. I pray that I'm wrong.
Prudential judgements versus support for intrinsic evils. That's the dividing line.
Of course they realize it.
That's why they are afraid that some bishop will actually do it.
The Church has always upheld in principle the State's imposition of the death penalty. The pope has said that with the current ability of some societies to detain criminals for life, without these criminals representing a threat to society, that the death penalty is not needed or desirable.
The church stands go gain a hefty tithe each week
I doubt it. I think his tax records indicate that he donated $135 to charity one year.
I've seen similar comments linking denial of Eucharist and excommunication, but I did not understand them to the same thing at all. One should not receive communion if in a state of mortal sin (missing mass being one example). I don't believe someone who misses mass, though, and thus shouldn't receive communion, has been excommunicated! I dislike the confusion implied in these comments. Lots of people can be in a state where they should not receive communion, but are not subject to excommunication. I firmly believe John Kerry should be excommunicated, also obviously that he should not receive communion. They aren't the same thing, however.
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