I'm no expert on the Catholic religion but, wouldn't this make these worshipers protestants?
Posted on 05/24/2004 6:45:07 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's wife yesterday sounded off on a hot-button political issue, calling on Roman Catholic clergymen to back off their threats to deny Communion to Catholic politicians supporting abortion rights.
``I am deeply saddened and concerned by the threatened denial of Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians,'' Victoria Reggie Kennedy wrote in an op-ed piece in yesterday's Washington Post. ``This course of action takes both the church and public discourse in this country to a new and dangerous place, and I urge that it be rejected.''
Victoria Kennedy, who is Catholic, urged church officials to let worshipers follow their own conscience on such matters.
``The pro-choice position recognizes that the United States is a diverse, pluralistic society where a woman has a constitutional right to make a decision based on her own conscience, religious beliefs and medical needs,'' she wrote.
The senator's wife noted that the Catholic Church has not made similar threats of withholding Communion from lawmakers who oppose the church's position against the death penalty.
A handful of Catholic bishops in the United States sparked the controversy earlier this year when they warned they would not administer Communion to politicians who favor abortion rights, including presumed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] (D-Mass.).
Last week, 48 U.S. House members, including six Catholic Bay State congressmen, wrote a letter calling on their church to take a more tolerant view of politicians who oppose the church's anti-abortion stance.
Vickie the doormat speaks.
When money speaks the Catholic church listens. We'll see if the priest are dedicated to the church and/or the polititans.
So was Mary Jo.
Okay, I'll bite. Ted Kennedy has a first wife, does he have a second ex wife before the current one, and does he have an annullmnet for each of the ex'es?
If he does not have an annullment, it does not matter what his beliefs are, he is not a member in good standing and not able to take communion anyway.
DK
Vickie get over it and poor the drunk another drink.
That's what gets me in trouble every single time. Not abiding by God's Law.
/john
Sorry, Vickie, God trumps liberal dogma.
I'm no expert on the Catholic religion but, wouldn't this make these worshipers protestants?
And Teddy had the same contempt for Mary Jo as he does for the Catholic Church and the 1 million+ babies who will be slaughtered this year.
I'm no expert on the Catholic religion but, wouldn't this make these worshipers protestants?
Actually this is secularism which is atheism or at best agnosticism.
Justice Brennan..the driving force behind Roe v Wade was a Catholic... Abortion "pusher" John Kerry is Catholic and everyone in my tag line as well.
Excommunicate! Being born Catholic doesn't mean you can oppose the foundations of your faith and expect a free pass from the Church.
Jesus said, "He that is not with me is against me:" and also, "..Ye cannot serve God and mammon".
These words are as plain as black and white. However, people like Vickie have this notion that if it is okay by a human derived Constitution and and by judges than that overrides what the Bible says.
That's because the Catholic Church does not put the death penalty for murderers in the same category as the slaughter of the unborn, innocent.
Your memory is correct. I'm trying to remember if Teddy was able to buy an annulment or dispensation to remarry. If he didn't, then he can't receive communion. Period.
Vickie, may I suggest Alanon?
Victoria Reggie Kennedy
Victoria Reggie Kennedy is the President and co-founder of Common Sense about Kids and Guns, a non-profit, non-partisan organization created to address the serious crisis of gun deaths and injuries to children in the United States. Common Sense has joined with a diverse group of allies to raise public awareness about gun safety and the dangers of unsupervised access to guns by children.
Mrs. Kennedy is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, where she chairs the Board's Program and Strategic Planning Committee. She has served on the Board of Stop Handgun Violence in Boston, Massachusetts and has served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Annual Day of National Concern about young People and Gun Violence.
Mrs. Kennedy has been a regular lecturer at the American University Washington Semester Program, highlighting the public policy issues surrounding gun violence prevention and encouraging college students to become involved on their communities. She has also participated in the First Monday Program sponsored by the Alliance for Justice and speaks and writes on the issue of gun violence prevention.
In addition to her work on gun violence prevention, Mrs. Kennedy is a member of the Board of Trustees and Secretary of the Maret School, an independent school in Washington, DC that educates children from Kindergarten through Grade 12.
She also works with organizations in both Massachusetts and the District of Columbia on other issues relating to women, children and families, including homelessness, economic opportunity, health care, education, domestic violence, and involvement in the political process.
Mrs. Kennedy received her undergraduate degree, a B.A. magna cum laude, from Newcomb College of Tulane University, in New Orleans, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and other honor societies and was involved in student government. She was graduated summa cum laude from the Tulane Law School in 1979, where she was an editor of the Tulane Law Review and was inducted in the Order of the Coif.
In May 1998, Mrs. Kennedy received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Suffolk University Law School in Boston for her service to her community.
Together, Mrs. Kennedy and her husband, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, have five children - including two teenagers - and four grandchildren.
Who writes her stuff? Tom Daschle?
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