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To: Publius804; wagglebee

Catholics are not allowed to vote pro-abortion are they?

Aren’t they disinvited from communion if they do?


37 posted on 10/09/2008 8:36:09 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain Pro Deo et Patria)
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To: xzins
Catholics are not allowed to vote pro-abortion are they?

That is my understanding and this has been reiterated by the Pope and several bishops recently. Unfortunately, there are some who ignore this. Abortion is a mortal sin, it is not justifiable under any circumstances -- despite what some would have us believe, there is no "grey area" here.

Aren’t they disinvited from communion if they do?

Theoretically, a Catholic can excommunicate themselves through certain actions, I'm not sure where this falls into that. A Catholic voting for a pro-abortion politician is somewhat different from a Catholic politician voting to support abortion.

I would love to see a priest publicly refuse to give Communion to someone like Biden and Pelosi. It would be a seemingly insignificant act, but it would open the eyes of millions of voters including many non-Catholics.

47 posted on 10/10/2008 4:50:52 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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