To: DManA
Possibly, but substance might be behind the statement. If the statement is true, excommunication is aimed at one man: Edward Kennedy. He has been a leader in the pro-abortion movement, but remains within the Catholic Church. He is old and sick; death will come within a couple of years at most. I believe the Pope wants to demonstrate that no one or no family - however prominent, powerful. or wealthy - can flout the doctrines of the Catholic Church without facing the consequences.
12 posted on
11/24/2008 8:53:59 AM PST by
quadrant
(1o)
To: quadrant
I see nothing in this specific story that implies the Pope is behind the statements of the Cardinal.
19 posted on
11/24/2008 9:25:21 AM PST by
DManA
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