KofC is a secret society in the same way that the Boy Scouts and the Rotary club are secret societies. They are also the most consistently pro-life religious lay organization in America. They contribute a lot of money and people to pro-life activities, such as the march in D.C every year. They are also, in fact the first organization, other than the police and fire departments, to have provided aid to victims of the World Trade Center attack. Don't be so quick to criticize.
Since they are a Catholic organization of very good standing, it is natural for Catholic politicians to want to be members to appear to be Catholic. This just formalizes their standards, and gets rid of one more place for CINOs to hide. They are to be commended for this, not attacked.
Great. I'm happy to commend them, it's the right thing to do.
I'm not a Catholic so I don't know how the church's chain of authority works. Cannot the Pope simply order the cardinals and bishops to deny communion to professing Catholic politicians who vote for legitimization of sins such as abortion and sodomy? I have only attended two Catholic masses in my life, and at neither one was any question asked before an unknown person was given communion. Who decides who is or isn't eligible to partake?
In my loosely organized denomination anyone living in unrepented sin is politely asked to refrain from taking the cup and the bread. But AFAIK no one is ever forcibly denied it if he or she insists on taking it. I guess Paul's statement that one who takes communion unworthily eats and drinks damnation to himself is considered warning enough. It just seems to me that a more well disciplined church hierarchy such as the RCC would enforce the decrees of it's leadership somewhat better than we do.
Please understand, I am not criticizing your Church, I'm just curious as to why it's position on such an important issue as allowing holy communion to be given to pro-abortion politicians doesn't seem to be generally enforced. And don't think I'm pointing fingers. We protestants also have more than our share of sheep in wolves clothing in our ranks.