Posted on 03/16/2009 2:52:47 AM PDT by markomalley
As a Catholic priest, my life is dedicated to attempting to bring people to Jesus Christ. In our Catholic faith, we believe that Jesus makes himself uniquely present to us through our reception of the Eucharist.
Catholics, in receiving the Eucharist, profess their faith in the real presence of Jesus as well as their communion with His Church.
Catholics have a personal responsibility not to receive Holy Communion if they have with knowledge and intention committed a grave evil.
While I realize that most readers of The Star do not share my faith in the Eucharist, I share this brief description of Catholic belief to provide the context for my request that Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius not receive Holy Communion.
As a bishop, it is my responsibility to protect the integrity of the sacraments as well as the teaching of the Church.
(snip)
Obviously, the governor has the freedom to continue her past support for legalized abortion that has served her well politically. But she does not have the right, by her public actions, to attempt to redefine Catholic teaching regarding abortion as well as our understanding of the Eucharist.
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann is the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, which covers 21 counties, 111 parishes and 203,741 Catholics.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.kansascity.com ...
It's good to read an archbishop actually acting like an archbishop. Would that the Republican leadership acted with as much fortitude as this archbishop.
for your lists...
Definitely goog to see a bishop taking one of these CINOs to task. But the paper’s choice of headline is an attempt to make him look bad. He may well be on the attack, but it’s a defense of the Church, not.a personal attack on her.
“Goog” = “good”
Stupid crackberry keyboard.
Good to see a high ranking Catholic taking a real stand and not just worrying about running off some donors.
These abortion pushers should be taken to task.
It’s the same as this but the title got changed:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2207047/posts
I actually like the title. People need to be reminded that those supporting abortion are in the wrong, and pro-abortion thinking needs to be “attacked.”
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