Why doesn’t the Catholic church discipline the priests who have been instructed not to do so? On the other hand, if Kennedy et al, have gone to confession and confessed their sins prior to receiving the holy eucharist, there’s not much th priest can do.
Wrong -- part of confession is repetence and "sinning no more." If I confessed to an abortion and then went right out on the church steps telling everyone to Keep Abortion Legal, you can bet my priest could do something. That is the equivalent of what Kennedy, Pelosi et. al. do -- public and deliberate non-repentence and disobedience.
One is to repent and sin no more! At least to try and sin no more but abortion is a great evil and 50 million dead children and the continuation of that killing is supported and promoted by Mr. Kennedy and others like him. I cannot imagine the burden of that great sin and where it will take him.