Posted on 06/21/2021 7:25:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As U.S. Catholic bishops draft a controversial document on whether priests can deny communion to politicians who support abortion, one House Democrat has warned that the Catholic Church could lose its tax-exempt status if churches institute such a ban.
“If they’re going to politically weaponize religion by ‘rebuking’ Democrats who support women’s reproductive choice, then a ‘rebuke’ of their tax-exempt status may be in order,” wrote Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., in a Twitter post lashing out at Catholic bishops.
Huffman's post came after nearly 60 House Democrats released a “statement of principles to warn the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops against what they deem as “weaponizing” the Eucharist.
The statement was released after the USCCB voted Friday to approve the continued drafting of the document “on the meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the Church.”
An overwhelming majority of the bishops (168) voted in favor of proceeding with the draft document, while 55 voted against proceeding. The bishops will continue working on the document, which will be presented to the public at a later date. While the document will provide guidelines for the reception of communion, it will leave “decisions on withholding Communion up to individual bishops.”
In their statement, the Democrats “solemnly urge” the Church “to not move forward and deny this most holy of all sacraments, the source and the summit of the whole work of the gospel over one issue.”
“… We seek the Church’s guidance and assistance but believe also in the primacy of conscience,” it reads. “In recognizing the Church’s role in providing moral leadership, we acknowledge and accept the tension that comes with being in disagreement with the Church in some areas.”
It continues: “We recognize that no political party is perfectly in accord with all aspects of Church doctrine. This fact speaks to the secular nature of American democracy, not the devotion of our democratically elected leaders. Yet we believe we can speak to the fundamental issues that unite us as Catholics and lend our voices to changing the political debate — a debate that often fails to reflect and encompass the depth and complexity of these issues.”
It adds: “We believe the separation of church and state allows for our faith to inform our public duties and best serve our constituents. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is central to the life of practicing Catholics, and the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman’s safe and legal access to abortion is contradictory."
The debate over whether pro-abortion Catholic politicians should receive communion has intensified following the election of President Joe Biden, a pro-abortion Catholic who attends mass regularly. As he campaigned for president ahead of the 2020 presidential election, a priest in South Carolina refused to serve Biden communion due to his abortion advocacy.
Last month, more than 60 bishops also wrote a letter to Archbishop Jose Gomez calling for the delay of the debate over whether pro-abortion Catholic politicians should receive communion, citing concerns that implementing a national policy on the matter would pose a threat to the unity of the Church.
Supporters of withholding communion from pro-abortion Catholic politicians, both inside and outside the Church hierarchy, point to the Church’s Code of Canon Law as the justification for their position. The Code of Canon Law states that those who are “obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.”
Clearly the dems have recognized the fascist utopia they've brought us and are blazing ahead with it.
The timing and content of this threat are so perfectly designed to achieve the desired goal, the inspiration simply must be diabolical. This is a kill shot straight from Gehenna.
[FWIW, and some may chuckle at this, I had initially typed Grhenna and autocorrect tried to replace it with Greensboro]
Yeah, do they really think that God doesn’t know their hearts, or in this case, lack of one?
This “solution “was bad enough when abortion was promoted as the way to help a scared, young girl in trouble. But now when it is mostly done so they can sell baby parts - the main reason why they push for late term abortion - there is definitely no reason to forgive them.
I did Nazi this coming from a NaziCommie demorat.
Cesar Romero?
Idle threat that goes no where.
The church can neither ban nor allow communion with Christ. Any church that does so seeks to "control" its parishioners. I am not catholic, but studies ministry for years and as such I do understand the truth of the following verse, as will everyone who reads it. Taking communion is upon the heads of every single person who does so. Clearly if you are in any active sin at all, taking the body and blood of Christ is an egregious matter. So Biden, or anyone else who takes the blood of Christ in an unworthy manor is guilty. Banning him by the church will not prevent him taking the blood. He could go anywhere it is freely offered and take it.
The verse: 1 Cor. 11:26-29, “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly.”
Note that Paul says here....,"let a man examine himself" not let anyone else do so. No man is to examine another in relation to the blood of Christ.
So they can allow or deny all they wish, Just because a Priest allows a sinner communion it doesn't mean they are Not Guilty. Indeed they are justly guilty of the blood of Christ.
Biden has expanded abortion. He has not changed his mind. Let him examine himself to see if he is worthy of the blood of Christ. I will not say, but it is indeed obvious. He is living in sin and has not changed. If I were in his shoes, I would be very, very careful of my actions. He is old and nearing the judgment.
"It is appointed man once to die, and then the judgment".
Examine the scriptures in both English and Greek. So all these reports are just window dressing for the media. What counts is God.
He is the final solution. Please look at the last part of this scripture. He will be bring judgment to himself. No one will bring judgment to him. The church code doesn't matter one iota in this case. ds
Don't be so sure. There was no way in hell a lot of this crap would ever happen, and they found a way in hell to make it happen.
There will be a lawsuit to force the Church to give Communion to one of these open dissenters, there will be a judge to order it, and there will be police or even military to enforce it.
“If they’re going to politically weaponize religion by ‘rebuking’ Democrats who support women’s reproductive choice, then a ‘rebuke’ of their tax-exempt status may be in order,” wrote Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., in a Twitter post lashing out at Catholic bishops.
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Do this to any religious organization that espouses Left-wing ideas! Punish those denominations/faiths for “weaponizing religion” too. Let’s see how the Left likes it then.
“....thier blackmail and extortion demands should be met with a big FU and an ex-communication from the Church altogether.”
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I’m not sure the current Catholic leadership has the stomach for that, but I could be wrong. Oh...would that not be beautiful to see?
So the Democrats hate both the scriptures and the First Amendment.
Got it.
I say it looks to me like Democrats really worship Moloch the Baby Killer and only attend church for votes. Change my mind.
By the way, just as many including Rev. Franklin Graham and his organization, the Catholics in urging people to do the right thing and follow what God guides us to do, are NOT acting as a political party or for a political candidate. ALL sinners, all those who choose the wrong path and those who violate the agreed upon doctrine-—regardless of political party or name——are told to correct their behavior. That is NOT a political activity.
I can denounce Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler and the rest from bowing, “bending their knee” in the Capitol and elsewhere, honoring statues and pictures of George Flynn and other BLM heroes, as practicing idolatry.
If professing Catholics endorse and weaponize a practice their church calls out as sin, then a rebuke of their Catholic profession is in order. That's why democrats are lashing out and why priests and bishops, in Martin Luther-esque fashion, are saying, Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God.
That is not a true statement.
-A priest will not knowingly give Communion to someone who has not been baptised.
-A priest will not knowingly give Communion to someone who has not had their First Communion.
-A priest will not give Communion to someone he knows is not Catholic.
-A priest will not give Communion to someone he knows will commit sacrilege against it such as "protesters" did in St. Patrick's Cathedral years ago by throwing the Host on the floor.
-A priest will not give Communion to someone he knows will not consume it nor will bring it to someone else who will.
-A priest can not give Communion to someone who publicly renounces Catholicism such as Jao Bai-Din, Nanzi Pelosi and other Democrat politicians have done.
Jao Bai-din can be given a pass though because despite anything he says or signs, he's mentally incompetent and the Church doesn't hold that as a reason to withhold Communion.
It's the very first sentence of the First Amendment, morons. You may want to re-read it.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
< shrug>. Precedent's long set. Exercise of constitutional rights can be punitively taxed. See NFA34.
The Dems in office follow Satan (others may disagree) and thus are not the slightest bit worried about following religious guides in their behavior. They crudely want the votes!
Biden and Pelosi wrap themselves in their alleged beliefs to get votes-——that’s all. What they do privately of course is private and I can’t say, but their public actions like Bernie Sanders coming to a Menorah candle lighting outside to push for Jewish votes once, are crassly designed to look good.
Church attendance to most dems is just a show anyway. The majority of them despise Christianity and many don't even believe in the existence of God.
Even the Roberts SCOTUS would be smart enough to see the clear violation, if not of the 1A then of the 14A. Are the dimms willing to revoke tax-exempt benefits of 501c3s including their precious ACLU?
What happened to the first amendment? Does the government now have the power to dictate how the church conducts its worship?
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