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California Bishop to Gov: Oppose Abortion or No
Communion (New Title)
The Sacramento Bee ^
| 23 Jan 03
| Pamela Martineau
Posted on 01/24/2003 2:54:43 PM PST by Mr. Silverback
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:47:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Sacramento, CA -- Sacramento Bishop William K. Weigand, leader of 500,000 Catholics in Northern California, called on Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday to renounce his support of abortion or stop taking Holy Communion.
Speaking at a morning Mass on the 30th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, Weigand told congregants at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament that Davis should refrain from taking communion while he continues to support abortion.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: California
KEYWORDS: grayoutshutout; woohoo
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To: robertpaulsen
It has nothing to do with a theocracy.
Catholics who are public advocates for murder are simply no longer Catholics.
Simple & long overdue.
To: Mr. Silverback
Catholics can not even take care of their own bishops and priests, who are famous for molesting little boys, so they need to offer no advice to anyone, for they are not credible.
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posted on
01/24/2003 4:57:28 PM PST
by
tessalu
To: Mr. Silverback; Admin Moderator
To: RonF
What you may well see is that this will hinder Catholics from holding political office, at least at levels where abortion legislation is influenced and in areas where the majority is pro-choice. Good. It means no more hypocrites like Mario Cuomo and George Pataki in my state.
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posted on
01/24/2003 5:31:28 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
To: Mr. Silverback
Finally, a Bishop with testicular fortitude who uses them in the right way!
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posted on
01/24/2003 5:32:02 PM PST
by
Henchman
To: tessalu
Mr Silverschwanse - all religions have the same problem and in a similar proportion. The problem here is that the Church has a heirarchy that malfunctioned. Many other religions do not have the same type of heirarchy. Don't confuse your rifle and your gun.
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posted on
01/24/2003 5:34:28 PM PST
by
Henchman
To: tessalu; Coleus
Wahtever you may think of the homosexual sinners within the clergy, you must understand that the Bishop is merely holding his CO-RELIGIONISTS to the fire. He IS NOT telling Jewish, Protestant, Muslim or Atheists to the fire. If Gray Davis, Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Joe Biden, et. al. want to go on advocating infanticide, they can do so, as long as they STOP CALLING THEMSELVES "CATHOLIC."
Tend your own garden before you start making snide remarks.
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posted on
01/24/2003 5:36:02 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
To: Clemenza; tessalu
Great post. I can only add this: How exactly does the evil of Bernard Law and a few other moral morons preclude Wiegand from speaking out against baby-killing hypocrites? It's like saying the Chancellor of Germany can't say carjacking is wrong because Hitler was Chancellor. It's a big fat non sequitor.
To: Henchman
Mr Silverschwanse - all religions have the same problem and in a similar proportion. The problem here is that the Church has a heirarchy that malfunctioned. Many other religions do not have the same type of heirarchy. Don't confuse your rifle and your gun. Huh? Was that one addressed to me?
To: capitan_refugio
BTTT
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posted on
01/24/2003 5:59:28 PM PST
by
oldtimer
To: Go Dub Go
If the priests claim that there is nothing wrong with molesting children, or if they promote the molestation of children (which is Grey's position vis-a-vis abortion) then I am certain they would be denied communion.
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posted on
01/24/2003 6:07:43 PM PST
by
GilesB
To: Mr. Silverback
So you can be a Grey Davis in one diocese and receive communion and in another diocese you cannot. This is a first insofar as I know.
What is wrong with this picture? Ted Kennedy can receive communion on the east coast and . . .
How on earth can you have a huge church where you can do some bad things and still receive communion in some places and not in others?
This should be implemented from the top down imo.
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posted on
01/24/2003 6:13:30 PM PST
by
Aliska
To: Mr. Silverback
Go Bishop Weigand Go!
Excommunication is the only way to get other catholics to realise that they shouldn't vote for 'pretend' catholics.
The other pretend catholics in the US Capital Building should be excomm'd as well.
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posted on
01/24/2003 7:31:17 PM PST
by
uncbuck
(Stupid people piss me off.)
To: AKA Elena; american colleen; sandyeggo; Antoninus; Aquinasfan; Notwithstanding; Askel5; ...
Ping.
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posted on
01/24/2003 7:37:59 PM PST
by
Siobhan
(+ Kyrie eleison +)
To: uncbob
Catholics who oppose abortion--people of any ilk who oppose abortion--will have a hard time running on the Democratic ticket. That's a problem, because many Catholics have issues with the Republicans on a broadranger of issues. Abortion has become a far more important issue to the Democratic Party than to the Republican. Here in Texas, which is pretty pro-life, all the major Democratic candidates felt compelled to take a pro-abortion stance even though it cost them lots of votes. It was the price they had to pay to get DNC money.
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posted on
01/24/2003 8:28:01 PM PST
by
RobbyS
To: Siobhan
Praise the Lord! If only more of them would speak out.
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posted on
01/24/2003 9:27:19 PM PST
by
tiki
To: Clemenza; tessalu
He's probably a fallen-away Catholic or someone who doesn't like Catholics. And what Cardinal Law did in his Diocese has nothing to do in this diocese.
Kudos to the bishop for upholding the Catholic faith and for putting baby killers in their place!!!
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posted on
01/24/2003 10:05:37 PM PST
by
Coleus
(RU 486 Kills Babies)
To: Cultural Jihad
Admin Moderator>>>
squealer.
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posted on
01/24/2003 10:07:04 PM PST
by
Coleus
(RU 486 Kills Babies)
To: Coleus
?? No one is accusing you of doing anything wrong, Coleus. The moderator is able to tidy up the clutter of duplicate posts, if needed.
To: Mr. Silverback
A round of applause for the bishop...
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