[lsucat]

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[kidd]

I hope he tries this stunt.

It will keep practicing Catholics from voting for him. And maybe it'll open the eyes of pro-union labor type Catholics (like my parents) that they've been abandoned by the democrats.

[Straight Vermonter]

Ping

[PsyOp]

Giving Aid & Comfort.

[BizzeeMom]

We live in the Archdiocese of St. Louis--Archbishop Burke. I love it that he has the backbone to defend the faith, but worry that Kerry will come here to challenge him on it. Not that I would mind seeing him face to face with our Archbishop-- but knowing he's basically a coward, I think he will instead go to a parish within the Archdiocese that has a sympathetic pastor and take Communion there. Acting like a child, "nyah nyah, you can't stop me."

[conservativehistorian]

If Kerry (God forbid) is elected president, no bishop would ever dare to deny a "Catholic" president communion. Just imagine the damage to the faith, and yes to the obedience, by faithful Catholics who would be scandalized on a regular basis whenever the "Catholic" Kerry would pose for a photo-op at a Catholic mass. If the bishops think that their hold on the laity is weak and vulnerable at present, just wait until Kerry is president.

[OpusatFR]

Could be his strategy to give his base a boost. But, Kerry was the first one to trade on his Catholicism. The media took it from there.

If the Bishops and Cardinals in the US are smart, they will stick to the Canons of the Church against the popular culture and this politician who is gamely using the Church as a credential.

If they refuse to heed what the Church teaches, and they themselves are the teachers of the Church, then they will be enthralled to not only Kerry, but every single politician and the strictures, and structure of the Catholic Church in America could be undermined. They had better remember that while Caesar has the coin, they answer to Another ultimately. That "Other" is very real.

Of course, that could be the game.

[OrioleFan]

According to the American Spectator, Kerry's campaign staff is considering a plan to set up a situation in which the Senator would be denied Communion-- with plenty of reporters and cameras on hand to record the event. Evidently, some Kerry strategists feel that the incident would increase their man's popularity-- at the expense of the Catholic Church.

This would be interesting at the Church I go to, because they don't allow "kodak moments" during the actual service (including baptism and first communion). Our Priests stance, correctly, is that photography (including without a flash) is a distraction.

[Defender2]

kerry will throw out the Ten Commandments and rewrite the Bible.

[Defender2]

This past Easter Sunday, kerry(not capitolised on purpose),
even though he fully supports abortion on demand, attended Easter Church Mass Services, recieving an okay to recieve communion from the Boston Archdiocese. I guess the Boston Archdiocese did not here what the Pope said on such matters several weeks ago. Shame on the Boston Archdiocese.