“so 54% of Catholic voters of 2008 America are now excommunicated, does the Vatican know this?”
People show up for Mass on Sundays. We don’t stop them at the door & ask who they voted for. When a Catholic receives Holy Communion, it is expected of them to be sure they are in not in a state of mortal sin, that they have fasted for the last hour, & that they have received the sacrament of reconciliation. The priest has no way of knowing this. If a person has excommunicated oneself, THEY must seek forgiveness.
And to answer your question, yes these voters have unknowingly excommunicated themselves. Sad, isn’t it?
54% of the Catholic voters of November 2008 is a fair chunk of change, that will seriously reduce the number of Catholics that the Catholic church can claim that are in the United States, when do we see the new numbers? To what year would that rule go back to
Just how does the Vatican create it's numbers of claimed membership globally, and how does it clear people from the rolls?
By the way if all Catholic democrat voters are automatically excommunicated then why do conservative Catholics push to excommunicate someone like a Pelosi, since we can assume that she votes Democrat isn’t she already excommunicated and remove from Catholic membership totals?
To what year (which election) does that excommunication rule go back to?