[topher]

In 2004, Archbishop [now former or Emeritus] of Atlanta John Francis Donoghue issued an edict that all pro-abortion Catholic polticans were ex-communicated in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The next Archbishop [a liberal African American by the name of Gregory] overturned this proclamation.

There have been other cases where Bishops/Archbishops/Cardinals have contacted pro-abortion Catholic politicans about this matter -- PRIVATELY.

One such politican was Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island. He was such an idiot about this that he made it a public discussion and not a private one.

That forced Bishop Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island to respond.

The result is that Rep. Patrick Kennedy is not running for re-election -- he botched the situation that bad.

[whence911]

Too bad PK was not aborted. That’s one I would have supported.

[ansel12]

So American Catholics are not excommunicated for abortion, the reason I asked is because some less than honest Catholics here claim just that, when the majority Catholic vote for the Democrat party comes up.

It does seem like the excommunication of millions of Catholics would have made the newspapers and resulted in a corresponding reduction of the number of Catholics claimed to be living in the United States.