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Bishop Paprocki: Senator Durbin is not to be admitted to Holy Communion
Courageous Priest ^ | Bishop Thomas John Paprocki

Posted on 02/22/2018 8:49:54 AM PST by fatima

Statement from Bishop Thomas John Paprocki on Senate Failure to Pass Pain-Capable Unborn Children’s Act----- Edit------

Canon 915 of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law states that those “who obstinately persist in mani­fest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.” In our 2004 Statement on Catholics in Political Life, the USCCB said, “Failing to protect the lives of innocent and defenseless members of the human race is to sin against justice. Those who formulate law therefore have an obligation in conscience to work toward correcting morally defective laws, lest they be guilty of cooperating in evil and in sinning against the common good.” Because his voting record in support of abortion over many years constitutes “obstinate persistence in manifest grave sin,” the determination continues that Sen. Durbin is not to be admitted to Holy Communion until he repents of this sin. This provision is intended not to punish, but to bring about a change of heart. Sen. Durbin was once pro-life. I sincerely pray that he will repent and return to being pro-life.


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To: Mrs. Don-o

Personally I think Pastor’s of all faiths should shun people who vote to kill little babies.It’s not just a Catholic thing.Point them out and shun them.


21 posted on 02/22/2018 9:26:07 AM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: faithhopecharity

Would be wonderful.Sick of these so-called Catholics.


22 posted on 02/22/2018 9:27:29 AM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: fatima

Go Bishop


23 posted on 02/22/2018 9:27:30 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I adore Flannery. She was a wise thinker. I am so happy to see a priest with a backbone.


24 posted on 02/22/2018 9:28:10 AM PST by Citizen Soldier ("And I was born to pull turnips!" Demelza Poldark)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

LOL


25 posted on 02/22/2018 9:29:03 AM PST by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: bmwcyle

There is no way a Catholic should be a Democrat.It’s in their platform they support abortion.This should be read at all Masses.If people don’t like it leave.


26 posted on 02/22/2018 9:30:03 AM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Why do they not follow Scripture and throw him out until he repents??

If you are asking why Durbin hasn't been excommunicated, that isn't what you think it is. Having been baptized a Roman Catholic there is nothing Durbin can do to be expelled from the church. Baptism is irreversible.

Excommunication means that a person is banned from receiving Communion. It's a formal declaration that is pretty much a last resort. By banning Durbin from receiving communion, Bishop Paprocki is basically saying to Durbin, "Last chance." Formal excommunication would be the next step unless Durbin repents.

27 posted on 02/22/2018 9:30:15 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Mrs. Don-o
What do you want, defenestration?

Well... now that you mention it...

:)

I am just glad to see churches live up to their own rules.

It really diminishes your moral foundations when you don't.

And, more importantly, it does not make God very happy.

Both of those are very bad things.

28 posted on 02/22/2018 9:33:43 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: ichabod1

Nope!

1st Amendment protection.
Freedom of Religion

The gov’t can’t control the conditions for a valid Sacrament.


29 posted on 02/22/2018 9:34:24 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: ought-six; Harmless Teddy Bear

Not sure you can be thrown from a sub-basement window.


30 posted on 02/22/2018 9:37:00 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (When tenderness is detached from the Source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. F. OConnor)
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To: Hammerhead

The last supper? “this is My Body”? There is nothing biblical about any other church but the Catholic Church. Where do you think the New Testament came from?


31 posted on 02/22/2018 9:37:42 AM PST by RichardMoore (Without the protection of life all other right are void, dump TV and follow a plant based diet)
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To: ichabod1

Why would you think they would lose their c3 status?


32 posted on 02/22/2018 9:42:00 AM PST by amihow
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To: Mrs. Don-o
You never know until you try.

But it might be best to do it at night. He might burst into flames if he is pushed into the sunlight.

33 posted on 02/22/2018 9:46:15 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Hammerhead
News flash to Hammerhead, the Bibles says:
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said, “Take and eat; this is my body.” (Matt. 26:26)
All the denials of the plain meaning of these words come not from the Bible but from false reasoning of men. So much for their claims of "sola Scriptura."
34 posted on 02/22/2018 10:00:25 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: fatima

ALLELUIA!!!


35 posted on 02/22/2018 10:08:25 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
S'true.

Wonder how he'd react to Holy Water.

36 posted on 02/22/2018 10:31:56 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (When tenderness is detached from the Source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. F. OConnor)
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To: fatima; All

When you post on these clerics it would helpful if you post their location church and diocese. You may know who the individual is and where located but the average reader doesn’t.


37 posted on 02/22/2018 10:56:45 AM PST by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin another gem posted in the wilderness)
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To: fatima

This just in.....Durbin’s going to hell!!!


38 posted on 02/22/2018 11:17:25 AM PST by ontap
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To: DoodleDawg

“Having been baptized a Roman Catholic there is nothing Durbin can do to be expelled from the church. Baptism is irreversible.

Baptism is meaningless unless a person has saving faith.

Scripture says the church should deal with this by throwing him out until he repents as the final form of church discipline.

Rome is ignoring what God commanded churches to do.


39 posted on 02/22/2018 11:29:14 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Q is Barron Trump, time-traveling back from the future, to help his dad fight the deep state.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

“What do you want, defenestration?”

Just obedience to Scripture that is required of churches in fellowship with Christ.


40 posted on 02/22/2018 11:31:03 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Q is Barron Trump, time-traveling back from the future, to help his dad fight the deep state.)
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