Catholic ethical teaching on surgical abortion is not an "article of faith. " Kerry doesn't understand Catholicism. That the killing of an unborn child is a murder, unlawful and immoral, is not a revealed theological mystery.
The part of Catholic teaching which binds Kerry as a Catholic is that having or assisting an abortion is a mortal sin barring one from Holy Communion. Before 1973 when abortion was illegal in the U.S., American citizens were not bound to Catholic sacramental discipline or theology by observing the unlawfulness of murdering an unborn child. Kerry is a kook. Legal restrictions on abortion do not make Americans subject to Catholic theology or "articles of faith."
I suggest that Bishop O'Malley, Cardinal McCarrick, and the Jesuit superiors of Fr. Drinan (advising Kerry) exercise their pastoral functions and inform Kerry of his confusion and errors. Why would they NOT do this? And why would the Pope NOT instruct them to do this? Now.
Catholic ethical teaching on surgical abortion is not an "article of faith." ... Legal restrictions on abortion do not make Americans subject to Catholic theology or "articles of faith.Your post just made my day, Howlingly. Legal restrictions on abortion serve justice.